stitch-up en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From stitch + up.
Meanings
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(UK, slang) An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.
The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
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(UK, slang) Something arranged deceitfully and in secret.
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.
2023 October 18, Mel Holley, “Network News: Harper attacks Labour over strikes... but unions hit back”, in RAIL, number 994, page 18:Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| stitch-ups | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (8)
de abgekartetes Spiel (an act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone) · pl brudna robota (something arranged deceitfully and in secret) · de Falle (an act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone) · de üble Inszenierung (an act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone) · de inszeniertes Schmierenstück (something arranged deceitfully and in secret) · pl wrobienie (an act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone) · de inszeniertes Theater (something arranged deceitfully and in secret) · de interne Vereinbarung (something arranged deceitfully and in secret)