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Definition of Trump up
1. Verb. Invent. "Trump up charges"
Generic synonyms: Cook Up, Fabricate, Invent, Make Up, Manufacture
Derivative terms: Concoction
Definition of Trump up
1. Verb. (idiomatic) to create falsely, to fabricate (particularly applied to accusations, (legal) charges or evidence). ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) Heavily publicise, promote or market a product. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trump Up
Literary usage of Trump up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by South Africa Supreme Court (1907)
"Mr. De Villiers admitted that he was not aware of any motive that the native may
have !n>l to trump up a charge against accused. ..."
2. Pictorial History of America's New Possessions, the Isthmian Canals, and the by Murat Halstead (1899)
"They will also trump up charges against the natives. If an officer of the civil
guard can not get milk delivered as he wants it, or sugar, or whatever else ..."
3. Our Convicts by Mary Carpenter (1864)
"But, in the same sense is the fate of every Englishman in the hands of the police,
who may trump up a charge against him, as ' learned counsel for the ..."
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