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Trumped-up
Trumped-up meaning
Faked, fabricated or falsely manufactured.
Synonyms of Trumped-up
Example sentences (12)
Mr Olakunle Oluomo, the House’s Speaker, while making the request during plenary in Abeokuta, said the arrests and detention were on trumped-up charges by the police.
According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), family members of dozens of people killed, executed or imprisoned during the protests have been arrested on trumped-up charges, threatened or harassed.
The perverse incentives in place, such as rewards and promotions for eliminating alleged drug users, led to widespread abuses: trumped-up charges, planted evidence, and even a spate of killings as officers sought personal gain.
The police try to blackmail him to spy on the activists and to use him to bring trumped-up charges against a local community and trade union leader named Duma (played by an outstanding Se-Puma).
And on the bilateral front, no one who slaps tariffs on Canadian goods on trumped-up “security” grounds can be considered a friend.
Dozens of military contractors, most of them Black, have been jailed in the emirate — some on trumped-up drug charges.
He should be advised it’s futile to lodge lawsuits as courts throw out those that are Trumped-up.
Idris Sultan was in court at least four times to answer trumped-up charges of failing to register a SIM card previously owned by another person.
The men are due to stand trial on what their families say are trumped-up corruption charges.
Addis Ababa — ETHIOPIAN security forces have arrested five journalists under alleged trumped-up charges of violating a prevailing state of emergency.
Ms. de Lima is in prison awaiting trial on what she says are trumped-up bribery charges.
Trump has seethed against what he feels are trumped-up charges against his former campaign chairman,, whose trial began last week and provided a visible reminder of Mueller's work.