trumped-up
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Paul Dacre, Associated Newspapers' editor-in-chief and ex-Daily Mail editor, said the action had been "trumped-up" adding it "should never have been brought to trial".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
A few years ago, my godfather was jailed on trumped-up “anticonversion” charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
But I am frustrated as a medical doctor that a complex issue like fertility—and the trumped-up threat of small penises and “population collapse”—was hijacked without scientific merit as the main argument against plastic.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Whether future Cannes controversies await — major or minor, trumped-up or genuine — remains to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2023
At the very last second, just as Charles was nearing victory, the batty billionaire disqualified him on a trumped-up technicality.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
He was arrested on trumped up charges and lost everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Western officials describe the charges as trumped up.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024
Aide Fawad Chaudhry said on Tuesday the charges were trumped up.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2023
Unlike many of the parents charged in the college admissions bribery scandal, prosecutors did not allege that the Zhao boys’ athletic credentials were fabricated or trumped up.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Doctor Russel was the man that trumped up the charges about Mrs. Goforth.
From Four Years A Scout and Spy by E. C. Downs
