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(British, slang) An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone..
The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee.
Lynch added: "Our findings from our FOI requests on ticket office closures shows the whole process to be a stitch-up between the train operators, under the auspices of the Rail Delivery Group[,] and ministers.
Use stitch-up when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stitch-up means (British, slang) An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up.
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