take the rap for
Example Sentences
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Slip and the gang take the rap for a robbery they did not commit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2020
But an attorney for Swearingen denies such a plot exists with a second death-row inmate, Anthony Shore, and Shore has not tried to take the rap for Swearingen’s convictions.
From Reuters ● Oct. 22, 2017
Good management is about having good people with clear responsibilities – not too many of them – who have the freedom to take decisions and then take the rap for mistakes.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2012
“I’ll take the rap for the bees,” he said.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2012
The last time I’d seen him, he was going to take the rap for his love.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
