stitch-up

See also: stitch up

English

Etymology

stitch +‎ up

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

Related terms

• stitch up

Translations

an act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone

• German: Falle (de) f, abgekartetes Spiel n, üble Inszenierung f

something arranged deceitfully and in secret

• German: interne Vereinbarung f, inszeniertes Theater n, inszeniertes Schmierenstück n (derogatory)