the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > surreptitiously or improperly (2)
To put surreptitiously or improperly: const. in, on, under, out of. Obsolete.
To bring, put, or thrust into or out of a position or condition in a haphazard, underhand, or shirking manner, or by rough-and-ready means.