FRAME-UP


Meaning of FRAME-UP in English

(~s)

A ~ is a situation where someone pretends that an innocent person has committed a crime by deliberately lying or inventing evidence. (INFORMAL)

He was innocent and the victim of a ~.

N-COUNT

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