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Meanings of frameup in English

Spanish
montaje

In the United States criminal law, a frame-up (frameup) or setup is the act of framing someone, that is, providing false evidence or false testimony in order to falsely prove someone guilty of a crime.

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Usage of frameup in English
1
This thing's a frameup, Max; I'd bet my ears on it.
Little Fuzzy
2
They denied that Emmert had originated the frameup.
Little Fuzzy
3
Great Scott, then the raid was a frameup!
The Second Latchkey
4
It may even be slightly weighted against him, since they know I'm alert because of the attempted frameup.
The Great Book of Amber
5
Hoffman felt that his arrest was a political frameup because he had been doing research on the drug trade for a new book.
The new yorker
Translations for frameup
Frameup through the time