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rigged

  • adjective
  • /ɹɪɡd/

Prearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.

Example

“There was a vicious rumour that the final was rigged, as the defense seemed useless.”

Other meanings

  1. Having the rigging up.

    “We were ready to embark upon our journey now the vessel was rigged.”

Related words

  • overrigged
  • unrigged
  • cat-rigged
  • gaff-rigged
  • Eastern-rigged
  • fore-and-aft-rigged
  • full-rigged
  • fully rigged
  • fully-rigged
  • jerry-rigged
  • jury-rigged
  • nigger-rigged

Example sentences

  • “The game was rigged.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “rigged” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.