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

Herman Cain dismisses sexual harassment claims as 'witch hunt' 2011

And when they came to arrest Sid on what he termed a trumped-up charge he reached for his gun.

Blue Ridge Country 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.

Salem-News.com 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.

NYT > Home Page 2009

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.

NYT > Home Page 2009

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

To Be American: Part One - The Frontiersmen | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

Nationalism, in short, trumped socialism, and war was nationalism's most powerful expression.

A Battlefield Goes Quiet 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.

Think Progress » Still in charge. 2005

The wicked-witch expression trumped human anger every time.

Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

The wicked-witch expression trumped human anger every time.

Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011