frame-up

noun

Definition of frame-upnext
as in setup

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  1. setup
  2. cover-up
  3. duplicity
  4. scheme
Noun
  • Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The firm says the setup is attractive for the energy company.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of setup
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  • And that much of the subsequent cover-up has been a cover-up of the cover-up.
    Tim Marchman, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Just as troubling, however, is that NBC and Evolution (the Vanderpump Rules production company), who have known about Mr. Kennedy’s troubling behavior all along, have been engaged in a multi-year cover-up on his behalf.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of cover-up
Noun
  • Newly aware of his subordinate’s duplicity, Masa charges at Yuki from his seat among his look-alikes in the audience.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
  • The right-wing press, though, which had sung the praises of Reuss’ performance a few days earlier, now saw confirmation of characteristic Jewish duplicity and demanded that the government charge Reuss with fraud.
    Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of duplicity
Noun
  • Pacifica came out on its first possession and used a no-huddle, up-tempo scheme to drive 72 yards for a 7-0 lead on Royster’s seven-yard touchdown run.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Ryan Harris, 36, of New Orleans, was among eight people and two law firms that have been charged in what federal prosecutors say was a yearslong scheme of crashing vehicles into tractor-trailers, fleeing while passengers in those vehicles pretended to be the drivers and lying about what happened.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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