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set up

to trick someone in order to make them do something.
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They claimed that they weren't selling drugs, but that they'd been set up by the police.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'set up':

set upTo ready something for use.
set upLogically order.
set upTo cause to happen
set upTo trap or ensnare.
set upArrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig.
set upTo gel or harden.
set upto provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.
set upto establish someone in a business or position.
set upTo make proud or conceited.
set upTo matchmake; to arrange a date between two people.
set upTo create a goalscoring opportunity.
set upTo begin business or a scheme of life.
set upTo profess openly; to make pretensions.
set upTo found; to start
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