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Recent Examples of frame-up
There was an even more recent murder frame-up in Norfolk County.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
The defense has developed a third-party killer theory and has alleged a massive frame-up job used to ensnare their client.
—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
Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
The defense has developed a third-party killer theory and has alleged a massive frame-up job used to ensnare their client.
—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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Even slight changes to viewing angles can have significant long-term health benefits. Options such as height, tilt, swivel and pivot can help create an optimal personalized gaming setup for each gamer, avoiding discomfort even after intense gaming sessions.—
George Toh,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The rear end is essentially a double coil setup with zero adjustability.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 June 2025
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The trial in New York has been marked by graphic testimony from inside Combs’ music empire, alleging a pattern of violence, threats and cover-ups that prosecutors have likened to a mob-like criminal enterprise.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
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That process was used to address President Harry S. Truman’s seizure of steel mills during the Korean War (Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer) and President Richard Nixon’s obligation to surrender White House tapes for use in Watergate cover-up trials (United States v. Nixon).—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
30 June 2025
Noun
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That yearning involves no duplicity or threats to others.—
Jay Tcath,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
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This duplicity and playing different patrons off of each other would be carried on by his political heirs.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Galeotti said these schemes can increase the national deficit and threaten the long-term viability of health care for seniors, individuals with disabilities and other citizens who need these programs.—
Jenna Sundel
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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And most recycling schemes are still small-scale, unable to keep up with the sheer volume of cheap and short-use clothing flowing through the system.—
Zoe Bayliss Wong,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Frame-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frame-up. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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