fit up
To put everything needed in a place — or, in British English, to get someone in trouble for something they didn't do.
Meanings
To equip or furnish a space with everything it needs.
"They fitted up the garage as a professional recording studio."
(British slang) To falsely incriminate an innocent person, especially by planting evidence.
"He claimed the police had fitted him up and that the drugs were never his."
"He said he'd been fitted up by corrupt officers."
— The Guardian, reporting on the Birmingham Six miscarriage of justice cases, 1990s
The 'equip' sense is neutral and interchangeable with 'fit out'. The 'falsely incriminate' sense is British slang, informal to colloquial, and strongly associated with crime dramas and tabloid journalism. The noun 'fit-up' or 'stitch-up' is common.
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