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bum rap
noun- an unfair or false accusation or reputation US, 1952
- I’m positive neither bartender’s so much as pocketing a wrong tip. Your client may be giving these bartenders a bum rap. — Joseph Wambaugh, Fugitive Nights, p. 118, 1992
- I think to blame that all on Reagan is unfair. It’s a bum rap. [Quoting Richard Rosenbaum] — Natalie Datiof et al., Ronald Reagan’s America, Vol. 2, p. 634, 1997
- Let me tell you something, doctor. Chicks love a guy with a bum rap. — Cruel Intentions, 1999
- a false criminal accusation; an unfair conviction US, 1926
- “And also, if I’m workin’ for a guy, not to take his bum raps.” — Irving Shulman, Cry Tough, p. 30, 1949
- — Charles Hamilton, Men of the Underworld, p. 320, 1952
- During the trial, LaMotta denied having any part in steering the girl into prostitution, insisting that he had never seen her before and that he was being given a “bump rap” becuase he had a “big name.” — Confidential, p. 29, July 1957
- They demand due process for colleagues beyond all legal necessity because they’re so concerned about anyone’s getting a bum rap. — Billie Wright Daziech and Linda Weiner, The Lecherous Professor, p. 51, 1984
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