Rigged

Quick meaning: Rigged is an adjective meaning (figurative) Prearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (nautical, typically not comparable) Having the rigging up.
2. simple past and past participle of rig

Example Sentences

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

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

If these rates are rigged, markets are rigged — against bank customers, like everyday borrowers, and against parties on the other side of a bank’s derivatives deals, like pension funds.

Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega has been re-elected by a landslide in an election described by the opposition as the most rigged contest in the four decades since the Sandinista leader first came to power.

Synonyms for rigged

Depending on context, synonyms include stacked, lateen, square-rigged, outrigged.

Antonyms for rigged

Common opposites include unrigged.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include square-rigged, lateen, outrigged, designed, installed, handled.

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