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bum rap
noun as in false accusation
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Look, I think Garvey gets a bum rap for not stating firmly whether he’ll vote for Trump.
From Los Angeles Times
But it’s a bum rap to blame the state government for not building more dams in California.
From Los Angeles Times
ProPublica reported that they included posts “expressing worry about a Muslim takeover and whether Joe McCarthy got a bum rap.”
From New York Times
“She’s gotten a complete bum rap,” said Hayes, who spent two years as special assistant to the president for climate policy.
From Washington Post
“I think the guy gets a bum rap,” the New York Democrat said on NBC “Meet the Press.”
From Washington Times
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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