bum rap
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
bum rap
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n. [in sing.] inf.
a false charge, typically one leading to imprisonment:
he's been handed a bum rap for handling stolen goods.
∎ fig.
an unfair punishment or scolding.
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BUM RAP FOR BRIT.(Features)
; ...keeping a low profile with her bare cheeks on parade after running out of petrol in LA. Cops were glad to give her a push. I'll bet they were. And they probably wondered where to shove the parking ticket for her bum rap. CAPTION(S): Face facts, Brit
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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TEENS'BUM RAP.(News)
; AUSTRIA cops used photocopies of bums to catch two teenagers who broke in and wrecked their school.
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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It's a bum rap, m'lud!(News)
; ...the last laugh on a sheriff who fined him pounds 150 for contempt. Craig Dickson, 18, of Wally-ford, East Lothian, took the bum rap after a bench he was sitting on at Haddington Sheriff Court collapsed. He burst out laughing and told Sheriff George Presslie...
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Daley Gets Bum Rap on Schools
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Given a bum rap.(Response)(Letter to the Editor)
; ...ermer's July Rockster and Roll article on the '04 R1150R Rockster, BMW's Integral ABS' power-assisted feature is once again given a bum rap. I have a 2003 R1150RS and it didn't take long for me to get used to the system. Now, turning on the ignition (but not starting...
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Bum rap on kids.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
; ...anticipation of putting it into my weekend reading stack. However, the title of Bruce Hunter's Federal Dateline column ( The Bum Rap on Great Children, June 2004) caught my attention, and so I read on. By the second paragraph I was hooked and had to read more...
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BUM RAP FOR MISS WORLD.(News)
; A PERUVIAN Miss World may sue a plastic surgeon who who is promoting his practice by claiming he gave her buttock implants.
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The AARP takes a bum rap.(Editorial)
; The AARP is not our favorite lobby. But it's getting a bum rap from Democratic congressional leaders upset over the group's endorsement of the Medicare bill. The gigantic seniors' organization...
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 "The People (London, England)")
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It's a bum rap.(News)
; A MOBILE phone thief was caught in Romania when cops dialled the number. She had hidden it up her bottom.
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A BUM RAP.(News)
; TWENTY people have complained to watchdogs about the advert for Velvet toilet paper which shows 10 naked bottoms.
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