inside job

English

Pronunciation
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Noun

inside job (plural inside jobs)

  1. (idiomatic, criminology) A crime or other illicit action committed by or with the assistance of someone either having a relationship with victim or entrusted with access to the victim's affairs and premises.
    Antonym: outside job
    • 2017 September 23, “From north Wales to Norfolk, distraught beekeepers ask: who’s stealing our hives?”, in The Observer‎:
      In Britain, where the British BeeKeepers Association (BBKA) has been urging members to microchip their hives for some time, the continuing mystery and the belief that the crimes are inside jobs are taking their toll.
    • 1921, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 10, in Alias The Lone Wolf:
      It seems to me it must have been what the police at home call "an inside job"; because whoever it was apparently knew the combination of the safe.

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Translations

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English inside job.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈin.sajd ˈd͡ʐɔp/

Noun

inside job m inan

  1. (chiefly in conspiracy theories) inside job
    Synonym: robota wewnętrzna

Declension
Declension of inside job
singular plural
nominative inside job inside joby
genitive inside joba inside jobów
dative inside jobowi inside jobom
accusative inside job inside joby
instrumental inside jobem inside jobami
locative inside jobie inside jobach
vocative inside jobie inside joby

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