frame up

See also: frameup and frame-up

English

Verb

frame up (third-person singular simple present frames up, present participle framing up, simple past and past participle framed up)

1. (transitive, construction) To erect the initial walls and roof of (a new building).

   Synonym: frame out

2. (transitive) To arrange fraudulent evidence to falsely implicate (a person) of a crime.

   Synonyms: frame, put up, set up

Derived terms

• frame-up (noun)
• frameup (noun)