inside job
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inside job (plural inside jobs)
- (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[1]:
- 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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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English inside job.
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inside job m inan
- (chiefly in conspiracy theories) inside job
- Synonym: robota wewnętrzna
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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 |
Further reading edit
- inside job in Polish dictionaries at PWN