put-up

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Secretly arranged in advance, especially in order to defraud someone or to advance one's…

   Secretly arranged in advance, especially in order to defraud someone or to advance one's own interests.

   • 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."
   • 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.
2. 2

   Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone or to advance one's own…

   Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone or to advance one's own interests.

   • A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas) – the Senator in question – told The Arkansas Times that the whole thing was a put-up and that no internship in the Senator’s office had been purchased at auction.

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