Lest anyone think this is just a trumped-up government charge, Citi's settlement came with an admission that the claims against it were true.

WSJ: Star Players in a Big Citi

The story unfolds without hagiography, pity, or trumped-up heroism, as the filmmaker approaches the lives of everyday people with modest compassion and imaginative sympathy.

NEWYORKER: A Better Life

"Talk radio has come out and just blasted us, and for the most part, they are using trumped-up numbers that are not accurate, " Chambliss said to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

CNN: Our stupid self-inflicted debt crisis

Did he not invade Iraq on trumped-up charges, bend America's laws and values to permit the torture of prisoners, and leave his successor the worst economic crisis since the 1930s?

ECONOMIST: Lexington

Najam Sethi, a critical journalist who was recently arrested on trumped-up accusations of spying, has been released, but on June 23rd had his passport taken away to prevent him leaving the country.

ECONOMIST: Who really runs Pakistan?

Why that is not about trumped-up short-term efficiency savings or thoughtless crisis cuts - but is about long-term change, long-term change that involves reducing the demands on the state by fixing our broken society and long term change that means increasing the productivity of the state by reforming our public services.

BBC: In full: Cameron's economy speech

Radhi said the charges were trumped up by al-Maliki's allies, and he said the reason he was able to leave Baghdad was simply that there was no travel ban against him.

NPR: Iraqi Watchdog Official Alleges High-Level Corruption