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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a frame up" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where someone is falsely accused or set up to take the blame for something they did not do.
Example: "The evidence against him was fabricated; it was clearly a frame up orchestrated by his rivals."
Alternatives: "a setup" or "a conspiracy".
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We would advise Willkie to make an immediate public announce that the book is a frame up by the Democratic National Committee, that actually he hasn't written anything since student themes at Wlwood High School and that the first chance he gets he is standing for Governor of New Jersey.
Fischer published a 14-page pamphlet detailing his alleged experiences and saying that his arrest had been "a frame up and set up".
"I still have that original article in a frame up on my wall," she told me, talking of Tim's feature for Yankee Magazine all those years ago.
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"Is this a frame-up?" she asked.
A criminal complaint suggested evidence of a frame-up.
"That was a frame-up," he maintained last week.
It amounts to the creepy choreography (nicely mapped out by Karma Camp) of a frame-up.
Following the acquittals, Mansfield described the case as a "frame-up".
It has to be a frame-up because it's not based on real evidence".
This way, even if he was found guilty, he could claim it was a frame-up, a miscarriage of justice.
Voltaire, after years of work, was able to show that Calas's execution had been a frame-up, and even managed to get official recompense for his family.
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