Trumped

He also said he was unaware of any of the women receiving settlements over the claims, which he described as "trumped up". ❋ Unknown (2011)

And when they came to arrest Sid on what he termed a trumped-up charge he reached for his gun. ❋ Jean Thomas (1945)

Coleman beat the state's case against him; which he describes as a trumped up set of charges for smuggling cigarettes into the prison. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yukos shareholders characterized the $100 billion as the estimated value of Yukos in 2007 when it was finally disbanded, had the Russian government not opened a prosecutorial assault on what they called trumped-up tax evasion charges that caused its stock price to collapse three years earlier. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In 1969, Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin trumped them all by landing on the moon as part of the Apollo program. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nationalism, in short, trumped socialism, and war was nationalism's most powerful expression. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This energy bill should be a lightning rod for the Democrats, an opportunity to stand up and fight the way that the GOP did their bidding yesterday and once again trumped the rules and flexed their corrupt muscles. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The wicked-witch expression trumped human anger every time. ❋ Linda Robertson (2011)

Even the commission tasked with rooting out corruption has been surrounded by scandal since last year, when two of its commissioners were charged with bribery on what activists call trumped-up charges. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was hanged by government officials on what supporters call trumped-up murder charges after he won a Goldman in 1995 for his work fighting oil development in the African country. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His main challenger, Parliament member Ayman Nour, was jailed earlier this year on what human-rights groups describe as trumped up charges of forging signatures on election petitions. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In fact, they are related in that the crime here was punishing Wilson for his calling their trumped up intelligence bullshit, but proving that Bush knew and lied about the WMDs is not as easy as what Fitz may or may not have. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The suit was dismissed last month by a New York State Supreme Court judge who said that the photographer's right to artistic expression trumped the subject's privacy rights. ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)

Myanmar's military regime has ignored international outrage at what critics call trumped up charges. ❋ Unknown (2010)