inside job

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an inside job

set phrase A crime committed by someone who is closely involved with the targeted person or group. The robbery must have been an inside job—only three people have access to the safe.
See also: inside, job
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

inside job

a crime committed by someone working or living at the scene of the crime. There was little doubt that it was an inside job, thought the inspector. It's a particularly cunning way to carry out an inside job.
See also: inside, job
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a penny for them
  • great minds
  • great minds think alike
  • one for all, (and) all for one
  • all for one, and one for all
  • sure as eggs is eggs
  • (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
  • not tonight, Josephine
  • be twiddling (one's) thumbs
  • be twiddling your thumbs
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