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Prosecutors have accused the defense of trying to turn the case into a trial on USC's admissions policies instead of whether the parents agreed to lie and trump up their kids' athletic credentials.

From Fox News Sep. 8, 2021

“They did it ‘without cause’ so they wouldn’t be judged on what they tried to trump up on me,” Parker said.

From Washington Times Aug. 19, 2020

“We don’t just trump up charges on people so that we can hold them,” Dunlap said, adding that he didn’t buy into stereotypes about immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2015

When the threatened businesses refused to accede to those demands, both accusers use the businesses’ actions to trump up the charges:

From Slate Dec. 17, 2014

I tried to say something, to trump up an excuse; my mouth opened wide but no words came out.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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