frame up
/freɪm ʌp/
noun
- A plan or scheme to make an innocent person appear guilty of a crime, usually by using false evidence or lies.
- The lawyer proved that the whole trial was a frame-up and her client was innocent.
- The newspaper article exposed the frame-up that had ruined the mayor's reputation.
- He spent ten years in prison before the frame-up was discovered and he was released.
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