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Put-up

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Secretly arranged in advance, especially in order to defraud someone or to advance one's own interests. not-comparable

    "Orrin Judd at the BrothersJudd.com declared that Carroll "may as well just come right out and say she was a willing participant" . . . and a commenter at RedState.com asserted, ". . . I say the kidnapping was a put up deal from the get go.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    planned secretly wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone or to advance one's own interests.

    "A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas) – the Senator in question – told The Arkansas Times that the whole thing was a put-up and that no internship in the Senator’s office had been purchased at auction."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Deverbal from put up.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from put up.

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