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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

Police, meanwhile, quickly dismissed the notion that Kardashian was lying because she was so badly shaken up, but seriously investigated whether it was an inside job.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025

Four years would pass before the next clue - when Dr Gradel would make the shocking discovery that it appeared to be an inside job.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

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

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



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