frame-up

[ freym-uhp ]

/ ˈfreɪmˌʌp /

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noun Informal.

a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.

Words nearby frame-up

frame line, frame of mind, frame of reference, frame saw, frame story, frame-up, framepack, frameshift, frameshift mutation, framework, framing

Origin of frame-up

1895–1900, Americanism; frame + up, modeled on nominalizations of phrasal verbs, with up as perfective particle

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Examples from the Web for frame-up

That corruption, says Stafford Smith, provided the opportunity for a “frame-up of epic proportions.”
Did Pablo Escobar Frame a Millionaire for Murdering Banana-Shipping Money Launderers?|Jacqui Goddard|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He went on reading the papers and presently exclaimed: Its a frame-up.
Under Cover|Roi Cooper Megrue
I suppose the Duke has been communicating with them through underground channels and instructing them in regard to this frame-up.
The Gray Phantom's Return|Herman Landon
Just as like as not Bill Grayson has fixed a frame-up on me to get me in bad with the union.
Sube Cane|Edward Bellamy Partridge

Possibly it was a "frame-up" on the part of the men, or perhaps it just happened.
In the Track of the Trades|Lewis R. Freeman
As they told me long after, they feared I might be a stool placed there to work a frame-up on them.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for frame-up

frame-up

noun slang

a conspiracy to incriminate someone on a false charge

a plot to bring about a dishonest result, as in a contest

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frame-up

noun Informal.

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Origin of frame-up

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British Dictionary definitions for frame-up

noun slang