set-up

[ set-uhp ]

/ ˈsɛtˌʌp /

Surveying.

station(def 14a).
a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station.
a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.

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Instead, they spin dark theories that it was all a set-up to make Pakistan look bad.

Pakistan’s Dance With Terrorists Just Backfired and Killed 132 Children |Chris Allbritton |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There was nothing about the panel's set-up that was fair, exactly.

Bill Maher Finds the Worst Congressman in America |Ana Marie Cox |October 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Maduro, typically, claimed that this might have been a set-up by the Americans.

Venezuela’s Agony: Weak President, Strong Generals, Riots and Cocaine |Marcel Ventura |April 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A search at Salon showed one story: a set-up piece about the “looming” trial.

Yes, There Is a Gosnell Trial Cover-up by Major News Organizations |Kirsten Powers |April 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The longer this set-up prevails, the more it suits Ed Miliband.

Brit Brothers Battle for Labour |Peter Hoskin |July 10, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
They can even spoil the set-up and typography in general of the reading sections.

From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 |H. C. Forster
George (about to enjoy the first new-laid Egg from the recently set-up Fowl-house).

Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101. October 3rd, 1891 |Various
This victim compensation—I could claim it, even though the deal was a set-up?

Star Hunter |Andre Alice Norton
I look at that set-up the way I look at the landscape yonder.

Operation: Outer Space |William Fitzgerald Jenkins
"You do seem to have quite a set-up here," I said, off-hand.

Highways in Hiding |George Oliver Smith