stitch-upn.
/ˈstɪtʃʌp/, U.S. /ˈstɪtʃˌəp/ British colloquial.
An act of manipulating a situation in order to reach a desired outcome, esp. by dishonourable or dishonest means, such as abuse of a position of power or influence; a conspiracy or plot, esp. to incriminate a person on false evidence. Cf. frame-up n.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > manipulation or exploitation
manipulation1828
exploitation1832
exploitage1864
over-exploitation1916
puppeteering1920
stitch-up1980
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot > a conspiracy
feudc1300
conspirationa1340
conspiracyc1386
confederacy1389
conspirement1393
confederation1535
complot1587
combine1610
champerty1622
cabal1663
frame-up1899
frame1914
stitch-up1980
1980 Guardian 7 Oct. 10/4 What happened on October 3 was a squalid little stitch-up in which a handful of senior trade union leaders, by the ruthless use of the block vote, succeeded in subverting the will of the overwhelming majority of Labour Party members.
1986 T. Barling Smoke vii. 134 Could be she would have talked me into Tommy Troy's corner despite the stitch-up they worked on me over that dodgy GBH I went down for.
1989 Times 16 Sept. 4/8 [He] accused the Government of a ‘cynical stitch-up with BP management’ over the job losses and asset sales.
1992 R. Graef Living Dangerously viii. 187 In the end I got a stitch-up... They got two little kids to say I was pressuring them to get me drugs.
1998 M. Waites Little Triggers (1999) ix. 70 Another jobs-for-the-boys stitch-up, playing on the gullibility of the electorate.
2003 P. Lovesey House Sitter (2004) xxii. 336 There were too many stories, too many proven cases, of wrongful arrest and stitch-ups.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1980