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Frame-up   /freɪm-əp/   Listen
Frame-up

noun
1.
An act that incriminates someone on a false charge.  Synonym: setup.






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"Frame-up" Quotes from Famous Books



... on," he said. "At first I thought Mifflin was the goat. I thought it might be some frame-up for swiping valuable books from his shop. But when I saw Weintraub come in here with his own latch-key, I got wise. He and Mifflin are in cahoots, that's what. I don't know what they're pulling off, but I don't like the looks of it. You say ...
— The Haunted Bookshop • Christopher Morley

... up the receiver and walked slowly into his room. So it was Gregory. Where had he been going at this time of night? And on the run, too. The forgetting of the paper was only a frame-up. Dick had acted funny. Now he knew it was because she wanted ...
— El Diablo • Brayton Norton



Words linked to "Frame-up" :   falsehood, falsification



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