stitch-up
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An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someoneAn act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, slang)An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.
The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
Falle, abgekartetes Spiel, üble Inszenierung
(UK, slang)Something arranged deceitfully and in secret.
Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee.
interne Vereinbarung, inszeniertes Theater, inszeniertes Schmierenstück
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
an act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone:
something arranged deceitfully and in secret:
Origin
From stitch + up.From stitch + up.
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Forms
plural: stitch-ups| Singular | stitch-up |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedstitch up