N-COUNT 诬陷;陷害 A frame-up is a situation where someone pretends that an innocent person has committed a crime by deliberately lying or inventing evidence.
He was innocent and the victim of a frame-up. 他是清白的,是受人诬陷的。
Cai Yong disliked playing up to bigwigs and, to avoid frame-ups, he went into exile in the South, wandering about for twelve years in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. 蔡邕因为不愿趋附权贵,怕被人陷害,曾经亡命江南,往来于吴会之间(今江、浙一带)约十二年。
They were the victims of judges with hearts of stone and balls to match, or incompetent lawyers, or police frame-ups, or bad luck. 他们不过是由铁石心肠的法官组织的一场游戏里的牺牲品,有些人是因为找了无能的律师,有些是因为警察陷害,还有一些是运气太差。