(~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
(~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
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012