trumped-up
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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
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
My ancestor's desire to join them led to trumped-up murder charges for which he was executed—or, anyway, that’s what my grandfather told me.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
A source close to her called these "trumped up charges".
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
He was arrested on trumped up charges and lost everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
“In my mind, they trumped up the sanction to cease my communications,” Longshore said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Suu Kyi, 77, is serving 33 years in prison after being found guilty on multiple charges her allies say were trumped up to end her political career.
From Reuters ● Mar. 29, 2023
That's what they had to say for themselves when I went out to let off steam; swore they were from Scotland Yard, and trumped up the two-seater when I pretended not to believe them.
From The Crime Doctor by Ernest William Hornung
