🇬🇧 Frame meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To frame someone means to secretly set up a fake story so it looks like they did a crime, even though they are actually innocent. The person who is framing them might lie, move things around, or create pretend “proof” so that everyone believes the wrong person is guilty.

My brother framed me for eating the last slice of pizza by taping a pepperoni to my shirt like a sticky badge of guilt.

I tried to frame my imaginary friend for the mess, but my mom said, “Nice try, I can’t ground someone who doesn’t exist.”

In my video game, the villain frames my character by dropping stolen treasure right at my feet and yelling, “Caught you!”

My sister framed the dog for the muddy footprints by gently pressing his paws into the dirt like she was stamping a ticket.

My little brother tried to frame me by putting the broken vase pieces on my pillow like a weird crunchy surprise.

At the shop, three men frame the cashier for a missing ring. They plant a receipt, frame a coat on the shelf, frame a bag, frame the camera to hide themselves. She is arrested, crying. Later a child finds the ring in that coat and points, and the town frees her, angry at how they framed her.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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