1
: an act or series of actions in which someone is framed
2
: an action that is framed
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The crooked cops didn’t want anything on the record that might come back to bite them if, or when, the frame-up unraveled.
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Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
Guevara and two colleagues, Mason and then-Detective Ernest Halvorson, orchestrated a frame-up by coercing one witness to identify Rios by beating him with a phone book and flashlight, and another by threatening to charge him with obstruction, according to the plaintiffs’ allegations.
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Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
Guevara and two colleagues, Mason and then-Detective Ernest Halvorson, orchestrated a frame-up by coercing one witness to identify Rios by beating him with a phone book and flashlight, and another by threatening to charge him with obstruction, according to the plaintiffs’ allegations.
—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Frame-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frame-up. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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