outside job
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
outside + job, by analogy with inside job.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
outside job (plural outside jobs)
- (idiomatic, criminology, humorous, sarcastic) A crime or other illicit action committed by an individual not connected or associated with the premises or organization in which it took place.
- The resource officer suspected the rape incident at our high school coffee shop was an outside job.
- Antonym: inside job