frameup

See also: frame-up and frame up

English

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Etymology

From the verb phrase frame up.

Noun

frameup (plural frameups)

  1. A false incrimination of an innocent person; a scheme to frame an innocent person for a crime.
    • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      "What's the game?" he cried, glaring round him. "Do you think I am easy and that you can play me for a sucker? Is it a frame-up, or what? You've chose the wrong man for a try-on of that sort."

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