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[ freym-uhp ] / ˈfreɪmˌʌp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR frame-up ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Informal.a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person. Origin of frame-up1895–1900, Americanism;frame + up, modeled on nominalizations of phrasal verbs, with up as perfective particle Words nearby frame-upframepack, frame saw, frameshift, frameshift mutation, frame story, frame-up, framework, framing, framing chisel, Framingham, framing square Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for frame-upThat 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
noun slanga conspiracy to incriminate someone on a false charge a plot to bring about a dishonest result, as in a contest Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to frame-upplot, complication, chicanery, machination, conspiracy, fraud, adjustment, deal, package, schedule, agreement, preparation, compromise, plan, settlement, provision, trick, design, scam, maneuver |