frame-up

(frāmup′)

noun

  1. a falsifying of evidence, testimony, etc. to make an innocent person seem guilty
  2. a surreptitious, underhanded, prearranged scheme

See frame-up in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Informal
  1. A scheme to incriminate an innocent person.
  2. A contest or deliberation the outcome of which is fraudulently prearranged.

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