frame-up

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ˈframe-up noun [countable]  SCCa plan to make someone seem guilty of a crime which they did not do 阴谋，陷害，诬害 SYN set-up

Examples from the Corpus

frame-up• The whole thing was a Commie frame-up.• By now he was under no illusions about the reason for the frame-up.• By now he was convinced that it had merely acquiesced in the frame-up after his arrest.• But he has no direct evidence of the frame-up.

ˈframe-up nounChineseSyllable  

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frame-up
ˈframe-up noun [countable]
a plan to make someone seem guilty of a crime which they did not do
   SYN  set-up

frame-upBrE /ˈfreɪm ʌp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfreɪm ʌp/ 🔊 noun (informal) a situation in which false evidence is produced in order to make people think that an innocent person is guilty of a crime 诬陷；陷害