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