rigged
IPA: rˈɪgd
adjective
- (figurative) Pre-arranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.
- (nautical, typically not comparable) Having the rigging up.
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Examples of "rigged" in Sentences
- Colorado Senator Michael Bennet was caught by a C-SPAN microphone on Tuesday lamenting what he referred to as a rigged lame duck Senate process.
- Unable, at the increased speed, to draw themselves nearer by means of their hands, they rigged from the blocks of their boat sail what sailors call a "watch-tackle."
- Some analysts and supporters believe she erred in encouraging her party, the National League for Democracy, to boycott the election, which she calls rigged and unfair.
- Pro-Ch á vez lawmakers now dominate the vast majority of seats in Congress, a result of the opposition's refusal to take part in what they called rigged elections in 2005.
- The presidential candidate in Uganda who came in second to President Yoweri Museveni in this month's vote called Thursday for peaceful protests in response to what he called a rigged election.
- When the Iranian opposition took to the streets in protest of their candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi's loss, in what they called rigged elections, they were young people -- students, for the most part -- and women.
- Uganda: Presidential candidate calls for protests The presidential candidate in Uganda who came in second to President Yoweri Museveni in this month's vote called Thursday for peaceful protests in response to what he called a rigged election.
- WESTWOOD - Thousands of protestors, including students on visas from Iran and concerned Iranian Americans, gathered at the Federal Building today as a part of a worldwide protest against what they called a rigged presidential election in Iran.
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