仕し立たて上あげる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

make out to be; set up as; frame

Used when deliberately shaping someone's image, role, or reputation, often with a nuance of manipulation or fabrication. Can be positive (preparing someone for a role) or negative (framing someone).

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんを被ひ害がい者しゃに仕し立たて上あげようとした。

  He tried to make himself out to be the victim.

• メディアは彼かれを英えい雄ゆうに仕し立たて上あげた。

  The media set him up as a hero.

• 彼かの女じょは彼かれを犯はん人にんに仕し立たて上あげる証しょう拠こをでっちあげた。

  She fabricated evidence to frame him as the culprit.