take out the ladder 

In the sims2 game, if the player has installed a swimming pool after which the player removes the ladder but leaves the diving board, the sim will jump in the pool and not be able to get out, subsequently their energy will zero out and they will die. Synonomous with setting someone up to remove themselves instead of doing the wetwork and unnecessarily exposing themselves to prosecution.

Q. Hey, what you going to do about all the skimming your people are doing?
A. I know who is doing it and I'm gonnna take out the ladder on them.

take out the ladder by bad news January 15, 2005