to game
- verb
- /ɡeɪm/
- Informal
- You can take the easy road and spend your life trying to game the system, or
- game the system
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Watch on YouTubeYet seems like they want to game the system.
- Yet seems like they want to game the system.
- And of course, Enron was able to game that system.
Examples
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There certainly is a degree of gaming the system that goes on, especially in the U.S.
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As some of our veterans have mentioned, there are people that do game the system because they can.
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Yet seems like they want to game the system.
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And of course, Enron was able to game that system.
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I don't advocate spending a lot of time trying to game the system.
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Supporters claim the law was needed to stop debtors from gaming the bankruptcy system to be released from their debts too easily.
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Our measurement system has gone wonky as too many people profited from gaming the system.
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The more the system is gamed, the less meaningful the rankings are, and the greater the potential for unintended consequences.
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While supporters said the law was needed to keep debtors from gaming the system, opponents contended it enabled its main backers, such as banks.
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Many people try to game the system by exploiting loopholes for their own gain.
Synonyms
To treat someone only as a way to get what you want
To use a person or situation to get an unfair benefit for yourself
Use someone's trust or weakness to get something unfairly
To act dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage
To use someone or something in an unfair way to get an advantage
To make someone believe something false so you can get what you want
Arrange things unfairly so one person or group wins
Use clever or dishonest moves to get an advantage
To make a process unfair to give someone an advantage
To get money by unfair use of rules
To use knowledge outside the game's rules to gain an advantage while playing
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Play aggressively to attack the other team rather than defend
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A match where two teams try to score points by moving a ball into the other team's goal
A match between two teams of five players to score by throwing a ball through a high hoop
A game played with playing cards, for example poker, that often needs skill or luck
- UK
Two teams play on ice using sticks to move a small puck into the other team's goal
- Jargon
A series of plays in American football that move the ball by throwing to teammates
A sport on a large outdoor course where players use clubs to hit a small ball into holes
- Informal
People or groups say others caused a problem to avoid taking responsibility
- Informal
A small meeting of friends before a party or sporting event to drink and get ready
- Specialized
A baseball game where the pitcher allows no player from the other team to reach base
A sports match played for practice or fun that does not count in official results
- Informal
A situation where people wait to see what others do to gain an advantage
A cheating street game where someone hides an object under cups and makes people guess where it is
A game where two teams use their hands to hit a ball over a net to land on opponents' side
A board game for two players who move pieces to trap the other player's king so it cannot move
- Jargon
A hockey penalty that removes a player for the rest of the game while the team may replace them
Team sport with two 11-player teams trying to move the ball into the other end zone by running or passing
How Manipulative
- Formal
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
To game a system (verb) comes from the idea of 'playing' the rules to get an advantage, like playing a game to win. So to game the tax code is to 'play' the rules in a way that helps you unfairly.