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frame-up

/ˈfreɪm ʌp/noun

उच्चारण फ़्रेम अप

झूठा फँसाना, साज़िश

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [C] informal

    a situation in which sb is made to seem guilty of a crime that they did not commit by using false evidence

    झूठा फँसाना, साज़िश

    • He insisted that the whole case was a frame-up.
    • The evidence proved it was a frame-up.
    • The lawyer claimed that the charge was a frame-up by a rival.
    + 2 more examples
    • Everyone in the village believed it was a frame-up.
    • The film is about an honest clerk who becomes the victim of a frame-up.

    Synonyms set-up

§Structures (grammar patterns) 3

frame-up (countable noun, informal)

A frame-up is a plan that makes an innocent person seem guilty of a crime by false evidence.

Frame-up ऐसी योजना है जो झूठे प्रमाणों से निर्दोष व्यक्ति को अपराधी दिखाती है।

  • The lawyer called the case a frame-up.
  • It was a clear frame-up by his rivals.

frame-up vs frame (verb)

Frame-up is the noun and frame sb is the verb. Do not write 'a frame' for the noun in this sense.

Frame-up noun है और frame sb क्रिया। इस अर्थ में noun के लिए 'a frame' मत लिखिए।

  • They framed him, and the whole thing was a frame-up.

call it / claim / allege a frame-up

The usual verbs are call, claim, allege, suspect or denounce.

सामान्य क्रियाएँ call, claim, allege, suspect या denounce हैं।

  • The leader claimed the charges were a frame-up.
  • Many suspected a frame-up.
+Collocations 4

adjective + frame-up

politicalobviousallegedelaboratecruel

  • The party called the arrest a political frame-up.

verb + frame-up

callclaimexposesuspectdenounce

  • The newspaper exposed the frame-up.

frame-up + of + noun

an innocent mana ministera rivala witness

  • The film is about the frame-up of an innocent man.

related words

set-upconspiracyfalse caseplot

  • The accused said it was a conspiracy and a frame-up.
“More examples 9
  • The investigation revealed that the case was a frame-up.

जाँच से पता चला कि मामला फँसाने की साज़िश था।

  • Radhika watched a drama about a famous frame-up.

राधिका ने एक प्रसिद्ध साज़िश पर आधारित नाटक देखा।

  • His family insisted that the arrest was a frame-up.

उसके परिवार ने ज़ोर दिया कि गिरफ़्तारी झूठा फँसाना थी।

  • The judge dismissed the case after a frame-up was proved.

फँसाने की साज़िश साबित होने पर न्यायाधीश ने मामला खारिज कर दिया।

  • A frame-up needs planted evidence.

फँसाने की साज़िश के लिए रखे गए झूठे प्रमाण चाहिए।

  • Nobody believed the evidence, and the trial looked like a frame-up.

किसी ने सबूतों पर विश्वास नहीं किया और मुक़दमा फँसाने की साज़िश जैसा लगा।

  • The film shows how an honest officer escapes a frame-up.

फ़िल्म दिखाती है कि एक ईमानदार अधिकारी साज़िश से कैसे बचता है।

  • He protested that the whole case was a frame-up.

उसने विरोध किया कि पूरा मामला एक झूठी साज़िश था।

  • The journalist wrote about a frame-up in a small town.

पत्रकार ने एक छोटे शहर की झूठी साज़िश के बारे में लिखा।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ He said he was frame-up by his rivals.

✓ He said he was framed by his rivals.

Frame-up is a noun; the verb form is framed.

'Frame-up' noun है; क्रिया का रूप 'framed' है।

✗ The police made a frame to the innocent man.

✓ The police made a frame-up against the innocent man.

Use the noun frame-up and the preposition against.

Noun 'frame-up' और preposition 'against' का प्रयोग कीजिए।

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