put-up job


A prearranged conspiracy, especially a crime such as a burglary. For example, The police suspected that the butler was in on it—it was a put-up job. This colloquial phrase was first recorded in 1810.

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How to use put-up job in a sentence

  • He had been intensely interested in the Arab's tale, and the thought that it was a put-up job did not appeal to him in the least.

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