trumped-up

See also: trumped up

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

trumped-up (comparative more trumped-up, superlative most trumped-up)

1. Faked, fabricated or falsely manufactured.

   These trumped-up charges are unfair to the defendant.

Translations

falsely manufactured

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: tekaistu (fi)
• German: erdichtet (de), ausgedacht (de), erfunden (de)