frame-up
Example Sentences
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"The police were highly selective in the way they collected evidence. In my opinion, Omar was framed. This was a quite elaborate frame-up," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
Golunov was arrested in a clumsy frame-up after his exposés of corruption among the Moscow elite made him too many enemies.
From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2019
Alternate explanations are propounded, including the possibility of an elaborate police frame-up.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2019
Mr. Ramrattan, a private detective in Queens, orchestrated what prosecutors called the most complex and diabolical frame-up in New York in recent memory.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2011
They had gone a mile from the village, when Dan spoke for the first time: "It was all a devilish frame-up to rob me," he asserted.
From The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service by Dana, Marvin Hill
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
