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
Indeed at one point Sarkozy compares himself with France's most famous victim of justice, Alfred Dreyfus – the Jewish officer who was sent to Devil's Island on a trumped-up espionage charge.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
Instead, they were arrested on trumped-up obscenity charges and subjected to expensive litigation before the case against them was thrown out for lack of evidence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024
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
