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 given the variety of corners around the track, the technical question is how to nail car setup, due to the compromises needed across a lap.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Its anchoring setup connects to the banks and reservoir bottom.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of setup

Noun

Fshaoes Oversized Button-Down Shirt Another billowy option, this oversized button-down shirt is practically begging to be worn as a beach cover-up.

— Isabel Bekele, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026
The maxi comes with a slip to wear underneath the eyelet overlay, which can also be worn on its own as a beach cover-up.

— Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of cover-up

Noun

There’s a method to that madness, and all the duplicity, false assumptions pay off just like in an Agatha Christie classic.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of duplicity

Noun

At 6-foot-6, 265 pounds, Spann-Ford has been utilized in the offense as a key part of its run block scheme while helping to pave the way for outside runs.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026
The Quebec duo’s face-concealing masks, geometrical hats and polka-dot fashion schemes might scream novelty, but its virtuosic, largely instrumental fare is the genuine article.

— Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026