put-up job

Idioms  

1. 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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put-up job

“This is not quite a put-up job, but nonetheless has been cobbled together so that Ghislaine is made to face the charges that Epstein never faced,’’ Ian Maxwell said.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 26, 2021

That, and the fact that their prosecution was clearly a put-up job.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2013

Inevitably, some are saying that it is a put-up job, a PR stunt, but if so, someone should turf Dame Judi off whatever movie she's working on and hire Sarah Murdoch immediately instead.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2010

It had all the feel of a put-up job.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thinks that business with Mgoro was a put-up job, too.

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Elliott Whitney

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