stitch-up
See also: stitch up
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Noun
stitch-up (plural stitch-ups)
- (British, slang) An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.
- The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
- (British, slang) Something arranged deceitfully and in secret.
- Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee.
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an act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone
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something arranged deceitfully and in secret
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