frame-up

1. 1.

   an act that incriminates someone on a false charge

   Synonymssetup

   Broaderfalsification

Questions about frame-up

What does frame-up mean?

frame-up means "an act that incriminates someone on a false charge".

How many syllables are in frame-up?

frame-up has 3 syllables: fra-me--up. The stress falls on "fra".

What is another word for frame-up?

Close synonyms include setup. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frame-up a common word?

frame-up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.