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1. A plan to make someone appear guilty of a crime by planting false evidence
   - fit-up [Brit, informal]
    
2. A situation that has been rigged to someone's advantage

1. Fasten, join or repair by sewing
   - 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

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

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

Encyclopedia: Stitch up