to rig
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6.9
- verb
- /rɪg/
:
amañar
- The company was accused of trying to rig the bidding process to favor their preferred contractor.
- rig the system
- a rigged election
- rigged the results
It's fake and it's rigged for the rich.
- It's fake and it's rigged for the rich.
- And Credit Suisse is being sued over potentially rigging that investing instrument.
- Then they stole it from us by illegally rigging the election.
- It's irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict.
- It's about why children should never, you know, rig the fire alarm or things like that, right?
- They believe the elections are rigged or at least unreliable.
- And in South Africa, it's the whole system has been rigged for white men.
- And you were trying to rig the election.
- And the MMM tears ignore all that and they're just focusing on this rigged CPI.
Examples
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This game is rigged.
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It was just, it seemed like it was just rigged against us from the very start.
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Maybe your dog was trying to rig the election.
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But no matter how I tried to rig the results, a penny could roll anywhere.
Fiction book (2001) -
But if you do, if you rig the game, you divide the playground.
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Because the system has been rigged by men like you.
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Skynet knew it was losing, so it tried to rig the game.
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Then they stole it from us by illegally rigging the election.
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Just understand that the whole financial system was rigged against savers.
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The rules in the first round are rigged to favor the last contestant who guesses.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
474
1.2
To act dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage
382
6.1
To control people or things in a clever, often dishonest way
36
7.6
To try to get an unfair advantage by using the rules
12
4.8
Change facts or numbers to hide the truth
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7.5
Arrange things unfairly so one person or group wins
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8.7
To get something by clever or dishonest ways
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8.5
To make a process unfair to give someone an advantage
To cheat by changing results or numbers to make them unfair
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.6
A large structure in the sea for drilling oil or gas from under the sea floor
- Specialized
A way of putting triangular sails from front to back on a boat, often on yachts
- Specialized
A sail setup for yachts with triangular sails and a mainsail set behind the mast
- Specialized
A sail arrangement with triangular sails on one tall pole that runs front to back
- Jargon
A sailing setup where the front sail, like a jib, does not reach the top of the mast
- Specialized
A triangle-shaped sail hung from a long sloping pole attached to the mast
- Specialized
A sail setup on a boat with a tall single mast and a triangular mainsail
- Australian
A big Australian tree with spreading roots often planted for shade and beauty
- Specialized
Large platform at sea where workers get oil or gas from under the sea floor
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rig in the sense of cheating comes from the idea of arranging things so they go your way; a helpful way to remember it is to think of someone quietly 'rigging' a game behind the scenes. So to rig a vote or a price is to 'fix' the result unfairly.