frame-up

noun

Definition of frame-upnext
as in setup

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  1. setup
  2. cover-up
  3. duplicity
  4. scheme
Noun
  • Administrators can automate server setup and configuration, reducing manual effort and ensuring consistency across environments.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Find it on Amazon Walk Your Way to Fitness with This Premium Walking Pad Invest in a productive and active work-from-home setup with the walking pad.
    Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of setup
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  • Ultimately, the fifth and most kindhearted Garvey sister, Grace (Anne-Marie Duff), got the job done, murdering her dastardly husband and staging what appeared to be an effective cover-up with the help of her sisters and neighbor Roger (Michael Smiley).
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • It can be dressed up for a business dinner with a pair of slacks, worn casually with jeans while sightseeing during the day, or thrown over your bathing suit poolside (so there's no need to pack an additional cover-up).
    Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of cover-up
Noun
  • Newly aware of his subordinate’s duplicity, Masa charges at Yuki from his seat among his look-alikes in the audience.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
  • The right-wing press, though, which had sung the praises of Reuss’ performance a few days earlier, now saw confirmation of characteristic Jewish duplicity and demanded that the government charge Reuss with fraud.
    Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of duplicity
Noun
  • Pietro La Greca Jr’s memoir Pesos: The Rise and Fall of a Border Family tells the story of an Italian immigrant and con man who ran Mexico’s biggest money laundering scheme during the worst economic period in the country’s history.
    Peter White, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
  • In the 2000s, federal agents deduced that the company was a mere front for a complex money laundering scheme.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of scheme
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