Trumped
[trʌmpt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Trump
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Examples
- I alone know that your trumped-up story cannot possibly be true. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Miller ought to have trumped the diamond, oughtn't he, Sir? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This is no trumped-up issue: it is asked by a politician and a socialist seeking for a real solution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is true they trumped up grievances as a pretext, but they were only pretexts which can always be found when wanted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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