Question of the Day #767

His family was subjected to humiliation and close in staff were tortured to confess to trumped up charges against Ninoy.

From the 10th paragraph of this article at Business World.

上記の文で、trump upの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "trump up" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

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Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to concoct especially with intent to deceive: FABRICATE, INVENT

Examples

• The accusation, she said, was trumped up in order to get rid of her.
• The whole story was trumped up by our competitors.
• She maintains that the case is based on trumped-up charges.
• Try as they might, they were unable to trump up a convincing case against him.
• Their government has a long history of trumping up charges against citizens who express dissenting opinions.

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