栽赃 (zāi zāng): Frame (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

To evade responsibility, he even attempted to frame an innocent colleague for the accident.

The police found that someone had framed him by planting drugs in his bag.

I was never involved in that theft case; this is entirely a malicious frame-up by someone.

Don't worry, the surveillance footage can prove his innocence; no one can successfully frame him.