take the rap

Example Sentences

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Mr Staunton also said that when he was sacked, Ms Badenoch had told him: "Someone's got to take the rap."

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

One of the suspects reconsiders the possibility that his confederate will cash in on the promise of a deal, leaving him alone to take the rap.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2020

But an attorney for Swearingen denies such a plot exists with a second death-row inmate, Anthony Shore, and Shore has not tried to take the rap for Swearingen’s convictions.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2017

Thus far, the conversation about who will take the rap trophy has tightly focused on Iggy Azalea.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2015

“Oh, give me a break, Fisher! Do you want to take the rap for something that you didn’t do?”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor