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- Dictionaryframe-up/ˈfrāməp/
noun
- 1. a conspiracy to falsely incriminate someone: informal "he is convinced that the job was a frame-up, and intends to prove it"
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Action of making an innocent party appear guilty of someone else's crime
In the United States criminal law, a frame-up or setup is the act of falsely implicating someone in a crime by providing fabricated evidence or testimony. In British usage, to frame, or stitch up, is to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone or set them up, in the sense trap or ensnare. Wikipedia