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: manipulated or controlled by deceptive or dishonest means
a rigged election
Attempts to pass a rigged repatriation bill are exhibit A of what enrages Americans about Washington and Wall Street.—
Brent Budowsky
Brent BudowskyHis reluctance stemmed not from a lack of mercy but from his sense that pardons were a rigged game, tilted in favor of offenders with political connections.—Massimo Calabresi et al.
Massimo Calabresi et al.2
: fitted out with rigging of a specified kind
The Cornish lugger was a small, two-masted, fore-and-aft rigged boat.—Mark Kurlansky
Mark KurlanskyWhen she enters service in the fall of 1999, only the second five-masted full rigged ship ever built, she will bear the moniker of "the largest true sailing ship afloat today."—Kevin Haydon
Kevin HaydonExamples of rigged in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Despite his daily protests of a rigged trial, the jury found the former president guilty of 34 felony counts.
—Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, however, is written explicitly to permit political parties to draw rigged maps, even when those maps maximize the power of white voters and minimize the power of voters of color.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 23 May 2024
For years mathematically inclined minds have tried to turn the tables by harnessing their knowledge of probability and game theory to exploit weaknesses in a rigged system.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
That almost guarantees the case will continue to be part of his tale of grievance, persecution and a rigged system arrayed against him – and, by extension, against his supporters.
—Donald Nieman, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
In 2009, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became president via a rigged election, sparking the Green Movement, a middle-class revolt calling for clean elections.
—Eric Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2023
Johnson’s Trump pokes fun at Trump’s rigged election claims, too.
—Anne McCarthy, Variety, 19 May 2024
Courts have repeatedly rejected claims of fraudulent or rigged elections.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, however, is written explicitly to permit political parties to draw rigged maps, even when those maps maximize the power of white voters and minimize the power of voters of color.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 23 May 2024
For years mathematically inclined minds have tried to turn the tables by harnessing their knowledge of probability and game theory to exploit weaknesses in a rigged system.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
That almost guarantees the case will continue to be part of his tale of grievance, persecution and a rigged system arrayed against him – and, by extension, against his supporters.
—Donald Nieman, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
In 2009, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became president via a rigged election, sparking the Green Movement, a middle-class revolt calling for clean elections.
—Eric Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2023
Johnson’s Trump pokes fun at Trump’s rigged election claims, too.
—Anne McCarthy, Variety, 19 May 2024
Courts have repeatedly rejected claims of fraudulent or rigged elections.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Rigged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rigged. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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