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Frame-up

Frame-up Meaning & Definition
Frame-up Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Frame-up?

[n] an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
[v] construct by fitting or uniting parts together

Synonyms | Synonyms for Frame-up: frames | setup

Related Terms | Find terms related to Frame-up: artifice | cabal | cheat | clinquant | collusion | complicity | complot | confederacy | connivance | conspiracy | contrivance | contriving | counterfeit | counterplot | covin | deep-laid plot | dummy | engineering | fake | fakement | false witness | finagling | finesse | forgery | frame | fraud | game | hoax | imitation | impostor | intrigue | junk | little game | machination | maneuvering | manipulation | mock | packed deal | packed jury | paste | phony | pinchbeck | planning | plot | plotting | prearrangement | preconcertedness | premeditation | preordering | put-on | put-up job | rigged jury | rigging | rip-off | scheme | schemery | scheming | setup | sham | shoddy | simulacrum | stacked deck | stratagem | swindle | tinsel | trick | underplot | web of intrigue | whited sepulcher | wire-pulling

See Also | build | construct | falsehood | falsification | make

Frame-up In Webster's Dictionary

\Frame"-up`\, n. A conspiracy or plot, esp. for a malicious or evil purpose, as to incriminate a person on false evidence. [Slang]

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