bum rap | Idiomator

Meaning: (slang)Afalseaccusation, or aninjustice, especially one that leads toimprisonment.1918October 7, “Hun Talk”, inChicago Daily Tribune, page17:. . . going over the top of the wall of the Trenton prison, where I was sent on abum rap.; (idiomatic)Anundeservedlyunfavorableportrayalorreputation.2008September 10, Patti Neighmond, “Study: Arthroscopic Surgery Provides Few Benefits”, inNational Public Radio, retrieved24 March 2009:Orthopedic surgeon Robert Marx, with New York's Hospital for Special Surgery, says that findings from the current study should not give arthroscopic knee surgery abum rap.

Examples:

EN: A friend of mine's in jail on a bum rap.
ES: Un amigo mío está en la trena por una acusación falsa.
EN: Well, they had me downtown for two weeks on a bum rap.
ES: Bueno, me tuvieron por el centro un par de semanas acusado injustamente.
EN: You know, I really got here on a bum rap.
ES: Sabes, yo soy inocente.
EN: And even with a bum rap, do I get a break and go to a decent stir like Stillwater or Sing Sing?
ES: Aunque me condenen por error, ¿me envían a una cárcel de verdad?
EN: A bum rap, wasn't it?
ES: - Te condenaron injustamente.
EN: - Yeah. It was a bum rap.
ES: - Puros chismes.
EN: It was a bum rap.
ES: No pensé en ello.
EN: He's up here on a bum rap.
ES: Él está aquí arriba en un vagabundo rap.
EN: The chief doesn't want any part of a bum rap, you know, false arrest.
ES: El jefe no quiere tomar parte en una acusación injusta, un arresto sin sentido.
EN: Oh, so they gave you a bum rap, huh?
ES: Así que te han condenado por algo que no hiciste, ¿eh?
EN: Everyone here got a bum rap.
ES: Aquí a todos nos ocurre lo mismo.
EN: Look, I've been traveling straight and I don't know what I was brought here for, but it's a bum rap.
ES: ¡No sé para qué me han traído aquí pero es una acusación injusta!
EN: One more bum rap for Lily Krenska.
ES: Otra acusación falsa más para Lily Krenska.
EN: And Bruckner, Bruckner took a bum rap as a medic.
ES: Y Bruckner, Bruckner es médico y fue condenado injustamente.
EN: Well, for a man who just took a bum rap, you're doing--
ES: Bien, para un hombre quién Sólo ha ganado una mala reputación, Usted está haciendo--

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