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bum rap

noun

Definitions

  1. A false accusation, or an injustice, especially one that leads to imprisonment.

    • . . . going over the top of the wall of the Trenton prison, where I was sent on a bum rap.

  2. An undeservedly unfavorable portrayal or reputation.

    • Orthopedic surgeon Robert Marx, with New York's Hospital for Special Surgery, says that findings from the current study should not give arthroscopic knee surgery a bum rap.

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