Thesaurus results for FRAME-UP

frame-up

noun

Definition of frame-up

as in setup

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Recent Examples of frame-up The crooked cops didn’t want anything on the record that might come back to bite them if, or when, the frame-up unraveled. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2026 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. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for frame-up

Noun

But with fewer midweek fixtures this season due to their failure to qualify for European football, Alonso’s setup is surely going to adapt depending on the opponents anyway.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Hits of red then include branding, the Air Max units and the tips of a speed-lacing setup.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of setup

Noun

The cover-up’s plunging design featured a keyhole belly button cutout and a daring open back that dipped down to her butt, showing off the top of her chartreuse green thong bikini bottoms.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026
In the 1970s, there was a spate of sightings and cover-up rumors from across the north of the country all the way to Broad Haven on the west coast.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of cover-up

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Such fraudulence bore only poisoned fruit, swelling overseas bank accounts for the Manchurian candidates who were seeding duplicity into the loam of their nation’s imagination.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
This latest act of duplicity is a new low, even for the HFPA.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026

Definition of duplicity

Noun

The Steelers outgained Green Bay 385-160 and collected yardage in huge chunks at times on plays that had receivers running wide open against a vanilla defense more focused on fundamentals than elaborate schemes for a game that didn't count.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
In the scheme of climate change, the cost of my cough is relatively small.

— Justin Worland, Time, 14 Aug. 2026