trump up
[verb]
Synonyms: fabricate, concoct, contrive, cook up (informal), create, fake, invent, make up

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trump something ↔ up phrasal verb (see also trump)
to use false information to make someone seem guilty of doing something wrong:
They had trumped the whole thing up to get rid of him.
—trumped-up adjective:
Dissidents were routinely arrested on trumped-up charges.

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trump up
to make something up, to invent false charges
The man was arrested on trumped up charges for selling illegal software.

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trump up something
to make something up, to invent false charges
The man was arrested on trumped up charges for selling illegal software.

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trump up
v. To make up (something untrue); invent in the mind.
Every time Tom is late getting home he trumps up some new excuse.
The Russians were afraid he was a spy, so they arrested him on a trumped-up charge and made him leave the country.

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