濡ぬれ衣ぎぬを着きせる

expression, ichidan verb

frame someone; falsely accuse

Idiomatic expression meaning to pin a crime or blame on an innocent person. Literally 'to make someone wear a wet kimono', evoking the image of being saddled with an uncomfortable false accusation.

• 彼かれは濡ぬれ衣ぎぬを着きせられて、会かい社しゃを辞やめさせられた。

  He was framed and forced to resign from the company.

• 誰だれかが私わたしに濡ぬれ衣ぎぬを着きせようとしている。

  Someone is trying to frame me.