How to Use trump up in a Sentence

trump up

verb

• Bass insisted the charges were trumped up.
  — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
• But in a statement issued by his attorney, Maluchnik denies all of that, saying the charges have been trumped up.
  — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
• The funding that currently pays state law enforcement overtime to trump up charges against those suspected.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
• Because of the differences they are labeled as evil, incompetent, corrupt or some other trumped up charge such as antisemitic.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
• He was forced to flee the country in the months following the election, due to trumped up conspiracy and terrorism charges presented by the government that would have led to decades in prison.
  — Flora Charner, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
• The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power.
  — Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
• She was elected to the country's National Assembly in 2010, only to be expelled four years later on allegations her supporters said were trumped up.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
• Although the woman-alien’s powers were trumped up to comedic effect, Estelle could not help but see that beneath its B-movie veneer, Devil Girl from Mars tapped into a looming anxiety that was palpable all around.
  — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025