stitch-up
a scheme of deception that exploits or falsely incriminates someone, possibly leading to a false arrest; a setup: These allegations against the mayor are part of an outrageous stitch-up.
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How to use stitch-up in a sentence
In that way that was cathartic too, to sort of stitch up all those pieces and see how that is.
Richard Blanco’s Gay Latino Poet Survival Kit | William O’Connor | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, by the way he challenged my thoughts on the case, I thought perhaps he was aiming to stitch up the media.
What It's Like to Watch Kate Beckinsale Play You in a Movie | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen I writ with a pencil on the kiver these words, 'Please restore missin' buttons and stitch up holes.'
Dixie Hart | Will N. HarbenShe could not fit a bias to save her life; she could only stitch up a straight slant, and leave the rest to nature and fate.
We Girls: A Home Story | Mrs. A. D. T. WhitneyIt may not be amiss to stitch up the wound, to keep the tow in, and let it remain forty-eight hours.
It is unnecessary to stitch up the wound made in the sheath.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle | U.S. Department of AgricultureHe could stitch up any horse on the place and never have the least hunch; but let it be a mule—Say!
Somewhere in Red Gap | Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for stitch up
to join or mend by means of stitches or sutures
slang
to incriminate (someone) on a false charge by manufacturing evidence
to betray, cheat, or defraud
slang to prearrange (something) in a clandestine manner
slang a matter that has been prearranged clandestinely
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