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–adjective
spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated:
He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.
Origin:
1720–30;
special use of
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trumped-up
(trŭmpt'ŭp')
adj. Fraudulently devised; fabricated:
trumped-up criminal charges.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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