trumped-up
Made up fraudulently
Trumped-up describes charges, accusations, or evidence that have been fabricated or exaggerated to serve someone's purposes: trumped-up charges, a trumped-up excuse.
The implication is deliberate falsification rather than honest error.
From an old sense of trump meaning to deceive or cheat.
Created by combining elements
- inventedCreated something new
- fictitiousNot real, invented
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
counterfeit · forged · sham · fake · manufactured · made-up · contrived · falsified
Amounts owed or alleged
- allegationsUnproven formal claims
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- pretextFabricated motive concealing truth
frame-up · railroaded · scapegoat · witch hunt · smear · slander · libel · defamation
Without factual support
- groundlessLacking factual support
- unwarrantedWithout adequate justification
- unsubstantiatedWithout supporting evidence
- unsupportedLacking backing or proof
unjustified · specious · invalid · illegitimate · meritless · hollow · empty · unreasonable
Inflated beyond reasonable proportion
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
- overstatedClaimed more than true
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
amplified · dramatized · puffed-up · aggrandized · overdrawn · overwrought · magnified · sensationalized
concocted
Created by combining elements
- inventedCreated something new
- fictitiousNot real, invented
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
phony · counterfeit · forged · sham · fake · manufactured · made-up · contrived · falsified · framed
charges
Amounts owed or alleged
- allegationsUnproven formal claims
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
pretext · frame-up · railroaded · scapegoat · witch hunt · smear · slander · libel · defamation · incrimination
unfounded
Without factual support
- groundlessLacking factual support
- unwarrantedWithout adequate justification
- unsubstantiatedWithout supporting evidence
unsupported · unjustified · specious · invalid · illegitimate · meritless · hollow · empty · unreasonable · arbitrary
overblown
Inflated beyond reasonable proportion
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
- overstatedClaimed more than true
embellished · amplified · dramatized · puffed-up · aggrandized · overdrawn · overwrought · magnified · sensationalized · distorted
trumped-upwell-founded
Having sound basis
substantiated · well-grounded · supported · documented · evidence-based
trumped-upwell-founded
Having sound basis
justified · warranted · substantiated · grounded · founded
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