planted evidence
Falsified incriminating material
Planted evidence is fabricated or falsely placed material intended to incriminate someone or support a predetermined conclusion.
The phrase usually implies police misconduct or conspiracy: The defense argued the gun was planted evidence.
To plant evidence is to place it deliberately where it will be discovered and attributed to someone else.
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- frame jobFalsely incriminating someone
- setupHow something is arranged
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- tamperedIllegally altered or meddled
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