TRUMP UP Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

trump up

verb

Definition of trump up

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination parents who were always trumping up little projects for their children to do around the house

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Recent Examples of trump up The funding that currently pays state law enforcement overtime to trump up charges against those suspected. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 Bass insisted the charges were trumped up. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026 He was forced to flee the country in the months following the election, due to trumped up conspiracy and terrorism charges presented by the government that would have led to decades in prison. — Flora Charner, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026 The crimes with which she has been charged are trumped up and her arrest is a cynical ploy by the junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to cling onto power. — Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trump up

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Gene regulation wasn’t understood when Waddington first devised his landscape and rope network.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Mungiu may have a less sadistic streak and a more active camera, but the two filmmakers share a particular commitment to narrative indeterminacy, devising intricate yet incomplete crime-story plots that function broadly as sociopolitical allegories.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of devise

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Sharply constructed, this is the kind of old-fashioned horror movie that Hitchcock would have liked.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
German accessories label Melina Bucher has used the material for the Arch Woven, a rounded shoulder bag constructed from narrow strips cut and interlaced by hand.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of construct

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In Canada, when an Air Canada chatbot invented a bereavement-fare policy, the airline argued the bot was a separate entity responsible for its own actions; the tribunal called the submission remarkable and made the airline pay.

— Michael Riedl, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Charles, on the other hand, had the talent and ability to create a military legacy that could eclipse the one Cyrus had invented for himself.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of invent

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Related Stories In some cases, part of Disney’s strategy is to drum up interest in upcoming releases.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
That said, the actress playing the diminutive vigilante — a remarkable Sneha Kumari — drums up just enough passion and intrigue to counterbalance this relatively rote unfurling.

— Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026

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