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Verb: take the rap
Usage: informal
  1. Take the blame (whether responsible or not)
    "Despite being innocent, he decided to take the rap for his friend's mistake";
    - carry the can [informal], take the fall [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: taking the rap, takes the rap, took the rap