trumped-up

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trumped-up

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From the past participle form of the phrasal verb trump up.

adjective more trumped-up · most trumped-up

Faked, fabricated or falsely manufactured. These trumped-up charges are unfair to the defendant.

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adj falsely manufactured

中文	偽造的 /伪造的 wěizào de
Deutsch	erdichtet, ausgedacht, erfunden

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@misc{trumped_up_2026,
  title = {trumped-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trumped-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}