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What (who) is set-up - definition

TO MAKE AN INNOCENT PARTY APPEAR GUILTY OF SOMEONE ELSE'S CRIME

Frame-up; Frame-Up; Trumped up charge; Frame (crime); Framing (law); Concocted charge; Frame job

set-up

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE

Set-up; Set up; Setup (disambiguation); Set Up (film); Set Up; Setup (film)

also setup (set-ups)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

A particular set-up is a particular system or way of organizing something. (INFORMAL)

It appears to be an idyllic domestic set-up...

I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university.

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2.

If you describe a situation as a set-up, you mean that people have planned it in order to deceive you or to make it look as if you have done something wrong. (INFORMAL)

He was asked to pick somebody up and bring them to a party, not realizing it was a setup.

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3.

The set-up of computer hardware or software is the process of installing it and making it ready to use. (COMPUTING)

The worst part of the set-up is the poor instruction manual...

N-SING

set-up

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE

Set-up; Set up; Setup (disambiguation); Set Up (film); Set Up; Setup (film)

¦ noun informal

1. the way in which something is organized or arranged.

an organization or arrangement.

a set of equipment for a particular activity.

2. a scheme or trick intended to incriminate or deceive someone.

chiefly N. Amer. a contest with a prearranged outcome.

set up

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE

Set-up; Set up; Setup (disambiguation); Set Up (film); Set Up; Setup (film)

I.

(Active.)

1.

Erect, raise, elevate.

2.

Exalt, raise, put in power.

3.

Institute, establish, found.

4.

Put in type.

5.

Raise.

6.

Advance, propose.

7.

Fix, establish.

II.

(Neuter.)

1.

Begin business.

2.

Profess, make pretensions to.

Wikipedia

Frameup

In the United States criminal law, a frame-up (frameup) or setup is the act of framing someone, that is, providing false evidence or false testimony in order to falsely prove someone guilty of a crime. In British usage, to frame, or stitch up, is to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone or set them up, in the sense trap or ensnare.

While incriminating those who are innocent might be done out of sheer malice, framing is primarily used as a distraction. Generally, the person who is framing someone else is the actual perpetrator of the crime. In other cases it is an attempt by law enforcement to get around due process. Motives include getting rid of political dissidents or "correcting" what they see as the court's mistake. Some lawbreakers will try to claim they were framed as a defense strategy. Frameups may use conspiracy theories to hide the true crimes of the accused.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frameup

Examples of use of set-up

1. Step 4: Set up a bureau de change Many gangs set up their own ‘legitimate‘ bureau.

2. The Park provides infrastructure set–up to industries that want to set up their units without investing in auxiliary facilities.

3. "People often think that industry that is set up in China would otherwise have been set up in Finland.

4. Some countries set up national reconciliation committee.

5. The proposal (to set up a committee) should be withdrawn," BJP leader V K Malhotra said, demanding that a JPC be set up on the issue.