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frame-up

frame-up is the alternative spelling of frameup.

Meaning of frameup

Noun

frameup (plural frameups)

  1. A false incrimination of an innocent person; a scheme to frame an innocent person for a crime.
    • "What's the game?" he cried, glaring round him. "Do you think I am easy and that you can play me for a sucker? Is it a frame-up, or what? You've chose the wrong man for a try-on of that sort."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
    Synonyms:
    setup

Forms of frame-up

pluralframe-ups

Origin of frame-up

Deverbal from frame up.

Questions about frame-up

What is frame-up the alternative spelling of?
Frame-up is the alternative spelling of frameup.

Words near frame-up in the dictionary

  1. frame-fucking
  2. frame-fucks
  3. frame-lock
  4. frame-locks
  5. frame-perfect
  6. frame-up
  7. frame-ups
  8. framea
  9. frameable
  10. framebuffer
  11. framebuffers

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