He was jailed on trumped-up charges.
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Trumped-up
Synonyms for "trumped-up" (20 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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5 translations across 3 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 偽造的 /伪造的 adj (falsely manufactured)
Finnish
1 entries- tekaistu adj (falsely manufactured)
German
3 entries- ausgedacht adj (falsely manufactured)
- erdichtet adj (falsely manufactured)
- erfunden adj (falsely manufactured)
Sample sentences
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Tom was jailed on trumped-up charges.
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All the criminal charges were trumped-up and the three Taliban detainees had to be released.
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A diligent and vibrant, though exhausted, runner hurried to run in a wheelbarrow race that the tyrant's admirer wanted to kick off with a trumped-up excuse.
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