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. “To trick or trump mankind.” B. Jonson.
2. To impose unfairly; to palm off.
Authors have been trumped upon us. C. Leslie.
To trump up, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to fabricate; as, to trump up a charge.