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framed

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈfɹeɪmd// UK //fɹˈeɪmd// framed

v. to make someone look guilty of a crime they did not actually do. You do this by creating fake evidence or lying to the police.

v. to produce false evidence against an innocent person so that they appear guilty of a crime. Transitive; requires a direct object, typically the person being falsely accused.


SIMPLE

He claims the police framed him for the robbery.

CONTEXTUAL

The detective realized the suspect was being framed when he found the fingerprints were placed there after the crime.

COMPLEX

In many classic noir films, the protagonist must go into hiding to prove his innocence after being framed for a murder he witnessed but did not commit.

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The verb is transitive and is frequently used in the passive voice ('to be framed').

Pitfall

He was framed of the murderHe was framed for the murderThe verb takes the preposition 'for' to indicate the specific crime, not 'of'.

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