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trumped-up
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˌtrʌmptˈʌp/ us /ˌtrʌmptˈʌp/
deliberately based on false information so that someone will be accused of doing something wrong and punished: 捏造的，编造的
She was imprisoned on trumped-up corruption charges.她被判入狱，但对她的腐败指控是捏造的。
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trumped-up | American Dictionary
trumped-up
adjective
us/ˈtrʌmptˈʌp/
not true; invented:
He was sent to prison on a trumped-up charge of armed robbery.
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