put-up job
Prearranged dishonest scheme
A put-up job is something secretly arranged in advance to deceive—a scheme disguised as spontaneous or legitimate.
The term often describes staged events, rigged outcomes, or coordinated deceptions: The whole trial was a put-up job.
Their surprise encounter was actually a put-up job orchestrated by mutual friends.
- frame-upOrchestrated false incrimination
- stitch upClose wound with thread
- stingSharp wound from insect
- fit-upEquip a space
- setupHow something is arranged
set up · scheme · fabricated · cooked up · deception · dirty trick · ruse · hoax · false flag · railroading · planted evidence · unmask · sham · plot · whistleblow · fraud · con · machination
fairness/justice
put-up jobfair trial
Impartial judicial proceeding
level playing field · due process · square deal · fair shake
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