0 a situation in which someone is made to seem guilty of a crime although they have not committed it:
The organization protested that it was the victim of a politically motivated frame-up.
Minor authored several pamphlets in 1917 and 1918 and spoke to a wide range of audiences about the alleged frame-up being perpetrated on the radical trade unionists.
It was all frame-up and after thought.
They say this is a frame-up!
He said it was all a monstrous frame-up.
In all instances he rejected the claims and characterized the lawsuit as a frame-up.
Elders believes the incident was a frame-up and the timing of the charges was designed to embarrass her and the president.
They have been yelling frame-up ever since this case started!
The purpose of this frame-up is not to send me to prison.
