My Word of The Day, Trumped-up

Trumped-up

/ˌtrʌmptˈʌp/ adjective [before noun]

What does it mean?

• Faked, fabricated or falsely manufactured. Usually in the phrase trumped-up charges referring to legal accusation made for illegitimate reasons

Example:

The junior prosecutor has already been removed, but Mr Anwar says her alleged affair with the male witness is evidence of a conspiracy against him.
"It just supports our contention right from the beginning that this is all a farce, a politically motivated trial, trumped-up charges," he told reporters.
"This is an additional fact or evidence to support our case, to show the prosecution is not and cannot be impartial. "Mr Anwar is accused of sodomising his former male aide, Mr Az lan, in 2008. He strongly denies the charge.
---BBC News, ''Malaysia to pursue sodomy case against Anwar Ibrahim''

Synonyms:

• trumped-up concocted, contrived, cooked-up (informal) fabricated, fake, false, falsified, invented, made-up, manufactured, phoneyor phony (informal) untrue

Antonyms:

• actual, authentic, bona fide, genuine, real, sound, true, veritable

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