stitch up
• manipulate a situation so that someone is placed at a disadvantage or wrongly blamed for something.
• "he was stitched up by outsiders and ousted as chairman"
Similar:
falsely incriminate,
get someone into trouble,
frame,
set up,
fit someone up,
drop someone in it,
stitch-up
noun
• an act of placing someone in a position in which they will be wrongly blamed for something, or of manipulating a situation to one's advantage.
• "he called the deal a stitch-up and said other companies were prevented from submitting higher bids"
