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Flowersa Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Framing, Patesies

Hi what it means "to frame" and "patsies" in this context?

"The FBI is notorious for recruiting and framing terrorist patsies. A report compiled by Mother Jones and the Investigative Reporting Program at the University of California-Berkley found that of the 158 prosecutions carried out on terrorism charges since 9/11, 49 defendants participated in plots that were arranged by FBI agent provocateurs."
  

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RT is nothing more than a Russian propaganda organ, you know. Just wanted to get that out of the way first. Do you not have access to a dictionary?

— Enoon

  • RT is nothing more than a Russian propaganda organ, you know.
  • Just wanted to get that out of the way first.
  • Do you not have access to a dictionary?
  • com/reference/dictionary/entry/patsy
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RT is nothing more than a Russian propaganda organ, you know. Just wanted to get that out of the way first.

Do you not have access to a dictionary?
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/frame
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You *** go and look up for Bengazhi.
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There is a word missing there, so I don't know what you mean. Did the links not work for you?
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enoonRT is nothing more than a Russian propaganda organ, you know.
Even if that is true, does it have anything to do with the language used? The words asked about have the same meaning in, ""The FSB (successor to the KGB) is notorious for recruiting and framing dissident patsies. A report compiled by X found that of the 158 prosecutions carried
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fivejedjon enoonRT is nothing more than a Russian propaganda organ, you know.Even if that is true, does it have anything to do with the language used? ....
I was trying to see if it would get a rise, and it got one. When a poster repeatedly posts inflammatory material and asks only simple questions that could easily be answered by a glance at any dictionary, w
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enoonWhen a poster repeatedly posts inflammatory material
As in http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/inflammatory (1)? I hardly think so.

I think we are here to help people with their questions about language usage, not to t
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fivejedjon.I think we are here to help people with their questions about language usage, not to think about their personal beliefs, political, religious or anything else.
Unless they are here not to ask questions about language but to disseminate their personal beliefs under that guise. But like I said, your point is well taken, and I will cool my tool.
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