bad-jacket

English

Verb

bad-jacket (third-person singular simple present bad-jackets, present participle bad-jacketing, simple past and past participle bad-jacketed)

  1. (transitive) To create suspicion around (a person) through the spreading of rumors, manufacture of evidence and disinformation, etc.
    Hyponym: snitch-jacket

Usage notes

  • Associated with law enforcement agencies.
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