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Recent Examples of frame-up
Guevara and two colleagues, Mason and then-Detective Ernest Halvorson, orchestrated a frame-up by coercing one witness to identify Rios by beating him with a phone book and flashlight, and another by threatening to charge him with obstruction, according to the plaintiffs’ allegations.
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Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
The scene captures some of the contradictions in Caracas almost one month after Trump dispatched troops to snatch President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and fly them to New York to face drug-trafficking and weapons charges — which the couple denounce as a frame-up.
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Mery Mogollon,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
At her civil trial against Porter, her lawyers said the traumatic frame-up destroyed her career.
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Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
29 Nov. 2025
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
The scene captures some of the contradictions in Caracas almost one month after Trump dispatched troops to snatch President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and fly them to New York to face drug-trafficking and weapons charges — which the couple denounce as a frame-up.
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Mery Mogollon,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
At her civil trial against Porter, her lawyers said the traumatic frame-up destroyed her career.
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Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
29 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frame-up
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Suarez, the Braves’ setup man, and arguably the team’s top offseason acquisition, was an All-Star closer for the Padres the past two seasons.
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Like the Pro 2, the Max benefits from autofocus and auto keystone correction for setup ease, resulting in a sharp, clear, engaging watch without too much hassle.
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The Euphoria star paired the summery swimwear with a baseball cap and a timeless cover-up from her Syrn Playful collection.
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The probe ultimately exposed a cover-up effort involving top White House officials, secret payments to the burglars and attempts to use federal agencies to derail the investigation.
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But honesty doesn’t always save a career, and duplicity doesn’t always sink one.
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Molloy rages to his film crew, and Lestat’s duplicity plants a wedge between the vamps.
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Prosecutors allege Eidleh, along with other members of the scheme, solicited and received bribes and kickbacks from individuals and companies seeking approval to operate fraudulent Federal Child Nutrition Program sites.
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This has fueled the ‘spend not sell’ movement, in which builders seek to familiarize users with earning and spending their bitcoin rather than trading and falling for get-rich-quick schemes.
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“Frame-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frame-up. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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