Frame-up (Noun)
Meaning
An act that incriminates someone on a false charge.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The detective suspected that the evidence against the defendant was a frame-up orchestrated by a rival politician.
- The whistleblower claimed that the company had set her up in a frame-up to discredit her allegations of corporate wrongdoing.
- The lawyer argued that the prosecution's case was a frame-up, citing inconsistencies in the eyewitness testimony.
- The activist group accused the government of orchestrating a frame-up to silence their leader and discredit their movement.
- The private investigator was hired to prove that the businessman's arrest was a frame-up and to uncover the real culprit.