"inside job" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-inside job.ogg [Australia] Forms: inside jobs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} inside job (plural inside jobs)
  1. (idiomatic, criminology) A crime or other illicit action committed by or with the assistance of someone either having a relationship with victim or entrusted with access to the victim's affairs and premises. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Crime, Criminology Translations (Translations): سوء استغلال الوظيفَة (Arabic), 幕後黑手 (Chinese), sisäpiirin keikka (Finnish), sisäpiirin juttu (Finnish), sisäpiiri-isku (english: attack) (Finnish), robota wewnętrzna [feminine] (Polish), inside job (english: chiefly in conspiracy theories) [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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