It was a put-up job.
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Put-up
Synonyms for "put-up" (31 found)
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4 translations across 2 languages.
French
1 entries- coup monté noun (Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone)
German
3 entries- Falle noun (Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone)
- Inszenierung noun (Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone)
- abgekartetes Spiel noun (Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone)
Sample sentences
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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."
Source: wiktionary
Gerald Green . . . said he was innocent and the documents were a deliberate effort, perhaps concocted by a superior officer, to frame him. . . . "The whole thing was a put-up stunt."
Source: wiktionary
A “romantically obsessed ” Italian man was yesterday acquitted of conspiring to steal his former lover ’s mobile phone by commissioning a hapless duo to take it from her after a put-up mock traffic accident.
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