Definitions for trumped-up
trumped-up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trumped-up(a)adjective

   concocted with intent to deceive

   "trumped-up charges"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trumped-upadjective

   Faked, fabricated or falsely manufactured. Usually in the phrase trumped-up charges referring to legal accusation made for illegitimate reasons.

2. Etymology: From the past participle form of the phrasal verb to trump up

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1. trumped-up

   "Trumped-up" is an adjective, typically referring to something such as a charge or an accusation, that is fabricated, exaggerated, false, or false pretenses, usually with the intention to deceive, harm, or frame someone. It is often used in legal or political contexts.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trumped-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trumped-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of trumped-up in a Sentence

1. Mohamed ElMessiry:

   The Egyptian government tends to charge and arrest lawyers on trumped-up charges with the sole purpose of preventing them from working on critical cases.

2. Van Jones:

   And so as you begin to think what are we going to do, you’ve got to be able to respond to what I think is dog whistling on education. I think all the CRT stuff is trumped-up dog-whistling, but you’ve got to be able to respond to it, and I also think that, listen, crime, inflation and concerns about our kids – Democrats have got to have better answers next year than we had this year.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   This does put a lid on the nuclear program, but we still have a lot of concern about the bad behavior and the actions by Iran which remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism which does go after and undermine governments in the region, that poses an existential threat to Israel, that unfairly, unlawfully confines and tries Americans on trumped up charges, that bad behavior is something we have to address.

4. Joe Ousalice:

   I was made to feel like I was disgusting and in the end I was hounded out on some trumped-up charges, and told that because I was attracted to men, my 18 years of service counted for nothing, it was heartbreaking. It took me years to recover.

5. Gavin Newsom:

   These trumped up charges were always a sham -- a blatant attempt by the Trump administration to prevent more automakers from joining California and agreeing to stronger emissions standards.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=trumped-up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trumped-Up
3. ^ ChatGPT
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