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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



... day, now. They didn't set any definite date. I suppose they want to take us unawares, to see that I don't 'frame-up' any game on them. Well, I'll be ready any time they come. Now, Koku, bring along those shells, and don't drop any of them, for that new ...
— Tom Swift and his Aerial Warship - or, The Naval Terror of the Seas • Victor Appleton

... breaks in. "You mean I can do a quick frame-up without feelin' the party's bumps or consultin' the cards? Maybe I can. But I ain't strong for moochin' around these oolong joints among the draped tunics ...
— Shorty McCabe on the Job • Sewell Ford

... darned deal was a frame-up," declared Uncle Jepson. "I was settin' in the messhouse along in the afternoon of the day of the killin'—smokin' an' thinkin', but most of the time just settin', I cal'late, when I heard Chavis an' Pickett ...
— The Range Boss • Charles Alden Seltzer



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