Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ridged; humped.
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- adjective
pre-arranged andfixed so that the winner is decided before the competition - adjective nautical Having the
rigging up - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rig .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc)
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Examples
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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.
Ch 2010
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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.
C-SPAN Microphone Catches Bennet Lamenting Lame Duck Session; 'It's All Rigged' Ethan Axelrod 2010
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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.
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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.
The Seattle Times 2011
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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.
The Seattle Times 2011
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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.
The Seattle Times 2010
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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.
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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.
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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.
unknown title 2009
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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."
Charley's Coup 2010
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