trump up

Verb

idiomatic

Japanese Meaning

（慣用句）偽りの事実や根拠のない告発、証拠などを捏造する、でっち上げる。 / （慣用句）製品やサービスなどを大々的に宣伝する、公に盛り上げる

They attempted to trump up charges against the whistleblower to discredit his testimony.

彼らは、内部告発者の証言の信用を損なうために、彼に罪をでっちあげようとした。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) To create falsely, to fabricate (particularly applied to accusations, (legal) charges or evidence).

His electoral "campaign" to date has included attempts to trump up criminal charges against his opponents.

Sense（2）

(idiomatic) Heavily publicise, promote or market a product.

We don't often trump up products purely for the virtue of being "new".

trumps up

（ present singular third-person ）

trumping up

（ participle present ）

trumped up

（ participle past ）

trumped up

（ past ）