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Recent Examples of frame-up
The defense has developed a third-party killer theory and has alleged a massive frame-up job used to ensnare their client.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 18 May 2024
The defense has developed a third-party killer theory and has alleged a massive frame-up job to ensnare their client.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 21 May 2024
Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 18 May 2024
The defense has developed a third-party killer theory and has alleged a massive frame-up job to ensnare their client.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 21 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frame-up
Noun
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Featuring a vibrant 1080p, 120Hz display alongside a sleek and sturdy design, this device runs on Windows 11, allowing effortless access to your favorite PC games without any complicated setup.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2025
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Those who want to get involved in the pup-up can volunteer to foster the visiting dogs, or help support event execution with setup, guest engagement, adoption coordination, and more.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Clooney inserts himself into politics — most outrageously through last year’s involvement with the cover-up of Biden’s mental decline, then with the Biden removal-coup as laid out in his July 10, 2024, New York Times op-ed.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 Apr. 2025
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Defense highlights witness ties to police On cross-examination, attorney Alan Jackson worked to solicit testimony that would support the defense’s theory of a cover-up.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The enduring emblem of this Administration and its duplicity is undoubtedly $TRUMP, a meme-coin scheme that has brought many millions of dollars in profits to the President and his fellow-investors.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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No, his duplicity and shilling were on full display before, during and after his first term.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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The project looks at the 1980s rise and fall of Joe Hunt and young and wealthy men who made up an exclusive investment group who descended into a fraud scheme that led to murder.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
1 May 2025
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The fraud scheme The murder was part of a broader financial fraud scheme.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
1 May 2025
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“Frame-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frame-up. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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