The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trump \Trump\, v. t. [F. tromper to deceive, in OF., to blow a
trumpet, se tromper de to mock. See Trump a trumpet.]
1. To trick, or impose on; to deceive. [Obs.] "To trick or
trump mankind." --B. Jonson.
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2. To impose unfairly; to palm off.
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Authors have been trumped upon us. --C. Leslie.
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To trump up, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to
fabricate; as, to trump up a charge.
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