What does "frameup" mean?

A false incrimination of an innocent person; a scheme to frame an innocent person for a crime.

What is a synonym for "frameup"?

Common synonyms include: put up, setup, setup.

Frameup

noun

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Noun

1
A false incrimination of an innocent person; a scheme to frame an innocent person for a crime.
""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.""

Synonyms

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put up setup setup

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""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.""

Etymology

Deverbal from frame up.

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