Usually means: Arrange situation to falsely incriminate.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. stitch up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stitch up: Merriam-Webster
  3. stitch-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stitch-up, stitch-up, stitch up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stitch-up: Wordnik
  6. stitch-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. stitch-up, stitch up: Wiktionary
  8. stitch up: Dictionary.com
  9. Stitch Up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. stitch-up, stitch up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. stitch up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stitch up: Medical dictionary

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  1. stitch up: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. stitch up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. stitch up: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. stitch up: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (stitch up)

verb:  To join or close by sewing.
verb:  To fabricate (e.g. a legal case).
verb:  (British, Australia, slang) To maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone; to set up (in the sense trap or ensnare)
verb:  (Australia, slang) To prank, trick, or deceive (a person), whether or not malice is intended.
verb:  (Australia, slang) To complete arrangements for (a situation), especially clandestinely or prematurely and for one's own benefit.

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