trumped-up

Example Sentences

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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

At the time of his death he had been in jail for three years on trumped-up charges and had recently been transferred to a penal colony in the Arctic Circle.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

Whether future Cannes controversies await — major or minor, trumped-up or genuine — remains to be seen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

Some, of it was formal and trumped-up, overdone.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz