stitch-up
Noun
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Noun
stitch-up (plural stitch-ups)
- (Britain, slang) An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.
- The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
- (Britain, slang) Something arranged deceitfully and in secret.
- Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee.
- German: Falle, abgekartetes Spiel, üble Inszenierung
- German: interne Vereinbarung, inszeniertes Theater, inszeniertes Schmierenstück (derogatory)
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