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Princeton's WordNet

  1. trumped-up(a)adjective

    concocted with intent to deceive

    "trumped-up charges"

Wiktionary

  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. Chuck Schumer:

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell owes an apology to Dr. Ford for labeling her allegations a' smear job.' Let me repeat that, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell owes an apology to Dr. Ford for labeling her allegations a' smear job' and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should apologize to her immediately, it is galling -- galling for the Republican leader who has done more than maybe anyone else to politicize the Supreme Court nomination process, to make these trumped up, hyperbolic charges.

  2. Christine Matthews:

    You'd have to work really hard to connect the dots between what Trump's lawyer said, which was ridiculous, and Republicans, i think -- excuse the pun -- that would be a trumped up story. That would be somewhat manufactured.

  3. Rupert Colville:

    We are very concerned that these apparently trumped-up charges may constitute a renewed attempt to stifle dissent.

  4. Ben Chumo:

    I am disappointed that such charges can be trumped up against me. I served KPLC for 32 years. My record is evident.

  5. 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.

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