[Genoa]

Any English speakers out there? What does “stitched up” mean?

[1rudeboy]

(Law) Slang

a. to incriminate (someone) on a false charge by manufacturing evidence
b. to betray, cheat, or defraud

[anniegetyourgun]

As 2nd generation American from UK - it means he was betrayed with false evidence. We say “framed.”

[deltaromeo11]

http://www.wiki.bonsaitalk.com/index.php/Stitched_up

‘Stitched up’ defined, from Treebeard’s Concise Dictionary of British Slang

Definition
Stitched up = falsely accused, or framed
Context
‘”I can’t help feeling that I have been stitched up.”’

[throwback]

There was a copy of the article available online until recently

Hmm. Where'd it go? Why? I thought journalists were all into speaking truth to power.

[Tublecane]

I’m more confused by this comment: “it would hardly be the first time that a general and a president have not got on like a house on fire.” I don’t know if that’s a British saying or the invention of this particular writer, but it sounds weird.