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Definition of bum rap in English: bum rapnoun North American informal 1A false charge, typically one leading to imprisonment. Example sentencesExamples - I knew they were getting a bum rap, but they had no defenders that day.
- Lay, Skilling, and Fastow, as well as the folks at Andersen, have gotten a bum rap.
- Speaking of bum rap, the Seminole County judge, they ranted to recuse her.
- 1.1 An unfair judgement on someone or something.
the industry often gets a bum rap for being dishonest Example sentencesExamples - You know, it's a great way to communicate, especially instrumental music, which gets a bum rap.
- Craig Knowles, a wildlife consultant in Boulder, Montana, who has mapped many prairie dog towns across the West, says the animal got a bum rap from the early researchers.
- At least one good piece of evidence suggests that tarring liberals as the eggheads around here is a bum rap.
- What a bum rap sodium, commonly known as plain old salt, has been given.
- Many in the iron game would be surprised to learn that fruit has gotten a bum rap in bodybuilding circles.
- I was shocked that something as totally delightful as motherhood could have gotten such a bum rap.
- He's taken nothing but bum raps on every decision he's made about Vietnam.
- They insist that the industry is getting a bum rap - that criticisms are based more on perception than reality.
- All in all, Grant's administration gets a bum rap.
- I tell you, they have taken a bum rap, because when the final chapter is written, they were us, and we were just fine with them.
- What a bum rap cheese has taken.
- Now, why does it get - I hate to get off on this tangent - but just why does Scientology get bum raps so much?
- Teraoka says he feels Eve has gotten a bum rap over the centuries as the instigator of mankind's sorrows.
- They get a bum rap, and have had a rough time historically.
- As we all have heard, the bum rap on Los Angeles is that it is too big and sprawling; it has no center and one has to spend all one's time in the car.
- The poinsettia, everyone's favorite holiday plant, has gotten a bum rap for a number of years.
- Carbs have gotten a bum rap because research shows that lower-carbohydrate diets are effective for obese individuals, who are extremely overweight and seldom exercise.
- People called him cold and impersonal off-camera, but I think that was a bum rap.
- I'd like to tell you a story about a good friend of mine, one of the nicest guys I've ever met, who simply got a bum rap in the press.
- I'd say he had a bum rap as being a tough person to interview.
Definition of bum rap in US English: bum rapnounˌbəm ˈrap North American informal 1A false charge, typically one leading to imprisonment. he's been handed a bum rap for handling stolen goods Example sentencesExamples - I knew they were getting a bum rap, but they had no defenders that day.
- Speaking of bum rap, the Seminole County judge, they ranted to recuse her.
- Lay, Skilling, and Fastow, as well as the folks at Andersen, have gotten a bum rap.
- 1.1 An unfair punishment or scolding.
Example sentencesExamples - People called him cold and impersonal off-camera, but I think that was a bum rap.
- You know, it's a great way to communicate, especially instrumental music, which gets a bum rap.
- At least one good piece of evidence suggests that tarring liberals as the eggheads around here is a bum rap.
- He's taken nothing but bum raps on every decision he's made about Vietnam.
- What a bum rap cheese has taken.
- Now, why does it get - I hate to get off on this tangent - but just why does Scientology get bum raps so much?
- They insist that the industry is getting a bum rap - that criticisms are based more on perception than reality.
- I'd say he had a bum rap as being a tough person to interview.
- The poinsettia, everyone's favorite holiday plant, has gotten a bum rap for a number of years.
- All in all, Grant's administration gets a bum rap.
- Many in the iron game would be surprised to learn that fruit has gotten a bum rap in bodybuilding circles.
- What a bum rap sodium, commonly known as plain old salt, has been given.
- I'd like to tell you a story about a good friend of mine, one of the nicest guys I've ever met, who simply got a bum rap in the press.
- Craig Knowles, a wildlife consultant in Boulder, Montana, who has mapped many prairie dog towns across the West, says the animal got a bum rap from the early researchers.
- Teraoka says he feels Eve has gotten a bum rap over the centuries as the instigator of mankind's sorrows.
- They get a bum rap, and have had a rough time historically.
- Carbs have gotten a bum rap because research shows that lower-carbohydrate diets are effective for obese individuals, who are extremely overweight and seldom exercise.
- As we all have heard, the bum rap on Los Angeles is that it is too big and sprawling; it has no center and one has to spend all one's time in the car.
- I tell you, they have taken a bum rap, because when the final chapter is written, they were us, and we were just fine with them.
- I was shocked that something as totally delightful as motherhood could have gotten such a bum rap.
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