inside job

First attested in 1908. See cite below.

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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 a victim or entrusted with access to the victim's affairs and premises.

   Antonym: outside job

   • 1908, O. Henry, The Complete Works of O. Henry [pseud.].: The gentle grafter, page 142:

     ... while the police are calling it an inside job just because the old lady's nephew teaches a Bible class.

   • 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.

   • 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.

Unadapted borrowing from English inside job.

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.sajt ˈd͡ʐɔp/
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inside job m inan

1. (chiefly in conspiracy theories) inside job

   Synonym: robota wewnętrzna

• inside job in Polish dictionaries at PWN