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noun

a crime committed by or in collusion with a person or persons closely associated with the victim: The robbery seemed an inside job, because there was no evidence of forced entry.

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Origin of inside job

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby inside job

in short supply, inshrine, inside, inside caliper, inside forward, inside job, inside lane, inside loop, inside of, inside out, Inside Passage

How to use inside job in a sentence

What is not worthy of contemplating, though, is the notion that we should have never invaded Afghanistan because 9-11 was an inside job.
Liz Cheney Is Saving Pelosi, the GOP, and Maybe America From Themselves|Matt Lewis|July 23, 2021|The Daily Beast
But privately, it is listening to other theories, including those about an inside job.
FBI Won’t Stop Blaming North Korea for Sony Hack -- Despite New Evidence|Shane Harris|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gravel has stated that the attack on the World Trade Center was likely “an inside job.”
9/11 Truthers Can Be Politicians, Too|Ben Jacobs|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dr. Mujahid Kamran, with a Ph.D in Physics, claimed that 9/11 was an inside job and Al-Qaeda was a CIA asset.
Malala's Fight for a Modern Pakistan|Husain Haqqani|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST

You might remember Hubbard from the beating he took in the Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job.
Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan, and More Sunday Talk|The Daily Beast Video|September 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Documentary lovers may recall Hubbard from his cameo in the 2010 film Inside Job.
The Campaign Whisperers|Jill Lawrence|October 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The more I have thought about it, the more inclined I am to believe that Sturtevant is right and that it is an inside job.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930|Various
“Inside job,” observed Scofield, briefly, his eyes on his work.
The Curved Blades|Carolyn Wells
He intimated that just so I stopped short of committing suicide as an inside job all would be fine and dandy.
One Third Off|Irvin S. Cobb
No use, the operative interrupted; this was no inside job, Chief.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931|Various
From surface indications the loss had the appearance of a theft—an "inside job."
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British Dictionary definitions for inside job

inside job

noun

informal a crime committed with the assistance of someone associated with the victim, such as a person employed on the premises burgled

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inside job

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