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
The easily solved Wayne case was a frame-up, naturally, but the revelation that Bullock was in on it surprised me.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2014
Attention: Concentration of the mind on whatever will ultimately put something in the pocket; hence, in law and politics, the frame-up.
From The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. by Hubbard, Elbert
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
