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"trumped up charges" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to falsely or unfairly accuse someone of a crime or wrongdoing. Example: The politician was arrested on trumped up charges of embezzlement, without any concrete evidence against him.
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"These are trumped up charges and it is totally wrong.
Yet he was imprisoned, on trumped up charges, shortly after his failed presidential bid.
Tells about the trumped up charges that caused the closing of the paper.
Activists and lawyers say the tribunals have convicted thousands of civilians on trumped up charges.
The prime minister's supporters contend that a politicized judiciary has trumped up charges against him.
They all faced trials on completely trumped up charges based on made-up evidence.
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A former prime minister languishes in jail on trumped-up charges.
It is not designed to frame Americans on trumped-up charges.
In all, Amnesty estimates there are 20 prisoners of conscience incarcerated in Baku on what it calls trumped-up charges.
Over 1,000 cases of blasphemy have been brought since the 1980s, frequently on trumped-up charges.
Aren't these clearly trumped-up charges, again?
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