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inside job

NOUN
transgression by someone inside a group
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But if we seek self-worth from a three-piece living-room suite from Fendi Casa, we will never stop spending because, as you are painfully aware, self-worth is an inside job.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026

This and the fact that the thieves deliberately bypassed the one crown containing fake gems were fairly solid signals, Mr. Wittman says, that the heist was an inside job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

There was no evidence at this time to suggest the theft was an inside job confirming there were no accomplices who worked at the museum, she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025

Or it’s an inside job at the post office, or elsewhere.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2023

He told me he worked in Easons office, clerk, inside job?

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt



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