trumped-up
Example Sentences
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Mr. Lai has been in prison on trumped-up charges ever since.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
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
What is different, she said, is over roughly the last decade there’s been a trend of foreign governments as opposed to terrorist groups detaining Americans abroad, often on trumped-up charges.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2022
Soon after, the Gestapo arrested Burger on trumped-up charges.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
