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frame-up
noun as in arrangement
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noun as in bum rap
noun as in display
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noun as in intrigue
noun as in panoply
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- act
- affectation
- arrangement
- blaze
- bravura
- dash
- demonstration
- example
- exhibit
- exhibition
- expo
- exposition
- exposure
- fanfare
- flourish
- frippery
- front
- layout
- manifestation
- ostentation
- ostentatiousness
- pageant
- panorama
- parade
- pedantry
- pomp
- presentation
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- revelation
- sample
- scheme
- shine
- show
- showboat
- spectacle
- splash
- splendor
- splurge
- spread
- unfolding
- vanity
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noun as in plot
noun as in scheme
noun as in swindle
verb as in connive
verb as in falsify
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Example Sentences
That corruption, says Stafford Smith, provided the opportunity for a “frame-up of epic proportions.”
His appearance reminded me of a remark I once heard: "We shall soon have a horse, for we already have the frame up."
“That the whole darned deal was a frame-up,” declared Uncle Jepson.
As soon as a Controller was spotted, a careful frame-up was arranged.
The thing that made it odd wasn't the actual frame-up (if that's what it was); these days, every crime was blamed on a Controller.
So it wasn't that the frame-up in itself was peculiar in this case; it was simply that it wasn't Sir Lewis Huntley's style.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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