outside job

noun

A crime or other illicit action committed by an individual not connected or associated with the premises or organization in which it took place.

“The resource officer suspected the rape incident at our high school coffee shop was an outside job.”

Opposite
inside job
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Meanings

nounoutside job (plural outside jobs)

plural outside jobs

  1. humorousidiomaticsarcasticcriminologyA crime or other illicit action committed by an individual not connected or associated with the premises or organization in which it took place.

    The resource officer suspected the rape incident at our high school coffee shop was an outside job.

    Antonyms: inside job

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA crime or other illicit action committed by an individual not connected or associated with the premises or organization in which it took place.

Opposite
inside job

Origin

From outside + job, by analogy with inside job.

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APA

outside job. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outside%20job

MLA

“outside job.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outside%20job. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outside job,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outside%20job.

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