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- [n] an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
- [v] construct by fitting or uniting parts together
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| | Synonyms: | | frames, setup |
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| | See Also: | | build, construct, falsehood, falsification, make |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Frame"-up`\, n.
A conspiracy or plot, esp. for a malicious or evil purpose,
as to incriminate a person on false evidence. [Slang]
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| | Related Terms: | | artifice, cabal, cheat, clinquant, collusion, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving, counterfeit, counterplot, covin, deep-laid plot, dummy, engineering, fake, fakement, false witness, finagling, finesse, forgery, frame, fraud, game, hoax, imitation, impostor, intrigue, junk, little game, machination, maneuvering, manipulation, mock, packed deal, packed jury, paste, phony, pinchbeck, planning, plot, plotting, prearrangement, preconcertedness, premeditation, preordering, put-on, put-up job, rigged jury, rigging, rip-off, scheme, schemery, scheming, setup, sham, shoddy, simulacrum, stacked deck, stratagem, swindle, tinsel, trick, underplot, web of intrigue, whited sepulcher, wire-pulling |
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