Usually means: Encourage or incite someone to.
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  1. put up to: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. put (someone) up to, put up to: Merriam-Webster
  3. put up to: Collins English Dictionary
  4. put up to: Wiktionary
  5. put (someone) up to, put up to: Dictionary.com
  6. put (someone) up to: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (put up to)

verb:  (idiomatic) To encourage or trick (someone) to perform an action which is foolish or wrong.

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