Hyperbolize
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To exaggerate, use hyperbole. To represent or talk about with hyperbole.
Exaggerate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
Example sentence: But everyone, including ethnic minorities, should be worried about how anti-racism is becoming weaponized across the political spectrum - how a lot of people in politics think it's a good idea to exaggerate the problem of racism.