in the frame

English

Prepositional phrase

in the frame

1. (colloquial) Suspected by the police of having committed a crime.
   • 2021, Chris McDonald, Mistletoe and Crime:

     Colin just told me about some lad he played football with last night who beat Gerald up a month or so ago, but I don't think he's in the frame.

References

• Tony Thorne (2014) “in the frame”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury