• Stitch-up

    Full definition of stitch-up

    Noun

    stitch-up

    (plural stitch-ups)
    1. An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
    2. Something arranged deceitfully and in secret.Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee.
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