1. Fasten, join or repair by sewing
   "She stitched up the torn seam";
   - sew, run up, sew together, stitch
    
2. [Brit, informal] Make someone get in trouble by setting a trap or planting false or deliberately misleading evidence
   "The innocent man was stitched up by the police";
   - ensnare, entrap, frame, set up [informal], fit up [Brit, informal]
    
3. [informal] Complete or arrange a deal, esp. to one's advantage
   "They managed to stitch up the contract before the deadline"

1. A plan to falsely implicate someone in a crime by planting evidence or manipulating circumstances
   "He claimed the charges were a stitch-up by his rivals";
   - fit-up [Brit, informal]
    
2. A situation unfairly arranged to someone's advantage or another's disadvantage
   "The contract bidding process was a complete stitch-up"

Derived forms: stitched up, stitches up, stitching up, stitch-ups

Type of: cozen [literary], deceive, delude, fasten, fix, lead on, secure

Encyclopedia: Stitch up