stitch-up

See also: stitch up

English

stitch-up (plural stitch-ups)

(British, slang) An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.
The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
(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.

an act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone

something arranged deceitfully and in secret

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

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