frame up


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Verb1.frame up - construct by fitting or uniting parts together
frame
construction, building - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
build, construct, make - make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
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w>frame up

vt sep (inf = manipulate) → manipulieren
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* Guilty criminal defendants go free on "technicalities," while countless innocents are imprisoned by police frame ups and other corruption.
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