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Verb: frame up
  1. (construction) assemble the structural frame of a building
    "They framed up the wooden structure of the house";
    - frame
Noun: frame-up  'freym,úp
  1. A conspiracy to falsely incriminate someone
    "He claimed his arrest was a frame-up orchestrated by his political enemies";
    - setup

Derived forms: framing up, frame-ups, framed up

Type of: build, construct, falsehood, falsification, make

Encyclopedia: Frame-up