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Recent Examples of trumped-up
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
22 Nov. 2023
Erdogan’s government has thrown (or attempted to throw) a number of key political opponents into jail on what critics say are trumped-up, spurious charges.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
Washington Post,
10 May 2023
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
Because of the differences they are labeled as evil, incompetent, corrupt or some other trumped up charge such as antisemitic.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
Bass insisted the charges were trumped up.
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Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
1 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The charge was clearly trumped-up, but Yundi was immediately taken off all Chinese stages and media and prevented from going abroad.
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Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
22 Nov. 2023
Erdogan’s government has thrown (or attempted to throw) a number of key political opponents into jail on what critics say are trumped-up, spurious charges.
—
Ishaan Tharoor,
Washington Post,
10 May 2023
Verb
But in a statement issued by his attorney, Maluchnik denies all of that, saying the charges have been trumped up.
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Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
Because of the differences they are labeled as evil, incompetent, corrupt or some other trumped up charge such as antisemitic.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
Bass insisted the charges were trumped up.
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Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
1 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.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trumped-up
Adjective
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Several years ago, Amazon entrusted three unproven rockets—United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, and Europe’s Ariane 6—to launch the bulk of the company’s constellation of more than 3,200 satellites.
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Both companies are tied to confidence in Musk’s extremely ambitious visions, from humanoid robots taking a central role in the labor market to a massive constellation of data centers — both unproven concepts with immense technical challenges standing in their way.
Verb
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There’s everything from herbals like rhubarb and nettle to green teas and Fortnum’s own signature blends, like Wedding Breakfast or Jubilee, devised in honor of the Queen’s Diamond celebrations in 2012.
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In addition to removing the commission’s direct authority over the chief job, Houston — who devised his proposal with Council President Kevin Jenkins — sought to eliminate a selection panel that appoints four of the commission’s members, allowing the council to handpick them instead.
Adjective
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Representing Daniell, attorney Chris Timmons said the lawsuit centers on what his client alleges was a fraudulent transfer of the property's ownership.
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Thomas and Ballard showed authorities fraudulent credentials to an unrelated sporting event, the affidavit said.
Verb
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In the one that opens the film, Forky (Tony Hale), the googly-eyed spork, marries a plastic knife called Karen Beverly (Melissa Villaseñor), a name so perfectly unmelodious that only a kid, or an adult exceptionally good at thinking like one, could have concocted it.
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Every detail is accurate, though the picture as a whole is an invention, concocted from multiple views, locations, and studies.
Adjective
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Parts would be missing, or made-up.
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The photos that flooded the internet amidst the Jenner-Levine hype featured Jenner in Paris (not her surgeon’s NYC office), professionally made-up, often wearing large sunglasses, and often filtered.
Verb
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Ferrari said the fire is complex because the building is a freezer constructed with insulated materials.
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The seven-story office building, constructed to look exactly like a Longaberger Basket (just REALLY BIG), has been a novelty along Route 16, and now the current owners have put it on the market.
Adjective
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The 2026 State of the Union speech stands in contrast, a speech by a mendacious demagogue who has degraded his listeners by debauching their instincts.
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Supporters of recent state AI regulations said the measures will address potential threats to public safety and personal privacy, and to counter any mendacious actions created by AI, while not hindering innovation.
Verb
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Originalism is a terrific theory for Supreme Court dissents in which some justice complains that the court has invented new constitutional rights.
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So Nima Arkani-Hamed and Jaroslav Trnka invented/discovered the amplituhedron as the answer to this question.
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“Trumped-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trumped-up. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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