stitch-up

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English

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Etymology

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From stitch +‎ up.

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Noun

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stitch-up (plural stitch-ups)

  1. (British, slang) An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.
    The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
  2. (British, slang) Something arranged deceitfully and in secret.
    Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee.
    • 2023 October 18, Mel Holley, “Network News: Harper attacks Labour over strikes... but unions hit back”, in RAIL, number 994, page 18:
      Lynch added: "Our findings from our FOI requests on ticket office closures shows the whole process to be a stitch-up between the train operators, under the auspices of the Rail Delivery Group[,] and ministers.
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