frame-up
Example Sentences
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"The police were highly selective in the way they collected evidence. In my opinion, Omar was framed. This was a quite elaborate frame-up," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
To the Moody Park Three’s supporters, it was a frame-up.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2019
Golunov was arrested in a clumsy frame-up after his exposés of corruption among the Moscow elite made him too many enemies.
From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2019
Alternate explanations are propounded, including the possibility of an elaborate police frame-up.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2019
If I asked ’em myself you might think it was a frame-up.
From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto
