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.
He lost his life because of a frame-up organised by the conservative leftist opposition to reforms within the party's top echelon.
There could be circumstances in which a policeman could quite definitely be "framed"—be the victim of a "frame-up"—by certain people.
If he does not, he will be condoning the frame-up of this young man in relation to the appeal and the whole thing from beginning to end.
She's actually using him as a frame-up for her bank robbery/account fraud scheme.
He flees the frame-up as the police arrive, vowing to avenge her death.
The plot was uncovered, and publicity from the botched frame-up attempt catapulted him and his party to victory in the election.
Roulet insists he is the innocent victim of a frame-up.
The purpose of this frame-up is not to send me to prison.
