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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.
—Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
At her civil trial against Porter, her lawyers said the traumatic frame-up destroyed her career.
—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.
—Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
At her civil trial against Porter, her lawyers said the traumatic frame-up destroyed her career.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frame-up
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That show is so unforgivingly edited down to jarring, staccato setup-punchline interactions that the interactions never feel conversational or informative.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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While legendary forwards Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani are no longer part of the national team setup, Uruguay remains one of the most talented squads in the Americas.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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This crowdfunded 2017 documentary is part of that mission, collecting theories and stories from the early-‘60s through the present day that all point toward a government cover-up of the truth about aliens.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
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There’s no conclusive evidence of alien life or government cover-ups.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Britain’s largest police force, on the other hand, is presented as the height of duplicity.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
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Pakistan, for its part, accused Washington of its own duplicity, relying on Pakistan as a partner to fight terrorism, yet never fully backing the country in its conflicts with India.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
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Industrial incompatibilities ultimately sank the project at the heart of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) scheme, the much-vaunted political lynchpin of Franco-German military cooperation.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Suhail Kwatra was indicted by the Suffolk DA’s office on a felony charge for larceny over $1,200 by single scheme, according to court records out of Suffolk Superior Court.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 June 2026
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“Frame-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frame-up. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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