"stitch-up" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-stitch-up.ogg [Australia] Forms: stitch-ups [plural]
Etymology: stitch + up Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stitch|up}} stitch + up Head templates: {{en-noun}} stitch-up (plural stitch-ups)
  1. (British, slang) An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone. Tags: British, slang Translations (an act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone): Falle [feminine] (German), abgekartetes Spiel [neuter] (German), üble Inszenierung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-stitch-up-en-noun-OcFDjayv Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'an act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone': 96 4
  2. (British, slang) Something arranged deceitfully and in secret. Tags: British, slang Categories (topical): Law enforcement Translations (something arranged deceitfully and in secret): interne Vereinbarung [feminine] (German), inszeniertes Theater [neuter] (German), inszeniertes Schmierenstück [derogatory, neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-stitch-up-en-noun-ZBhenx5- Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 34 66 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'something arranged deceitfully and in secret': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stitch up

Inflected forms

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