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stitch-up

noun
  1. An act designed to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.

    "The police planted the gun in my car. It was a stitch-up."

  2. Something arranged deceitfully and in secret.

    "Wilson's election as leader was a stitch-up by the committee."

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