吊り上げる

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist
2. v1vt
   to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up; to inflate; to jack up

Example sentences

• 彼は大きなマスを釣り上げた。

  He landed a big trout.

• 漁師は釣り上げた魚の大きさをおおげさにいった。

  The fisherman exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught.

• くず社債のディーラーは市場をつり上げてバブル状態にしました。

  Junk bond dealers left the market riding on a pillow of air.