rigverb [ T ]
uk/rɪɡ/us/rɪɡ/-gg-rig verb [ T ] (DISHONESTLY ARRANGE)
to arrange dishonestly for the result of something, for example an election, to be changed:
Previous elections in the country have been rigged by the ruling party.
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Elections
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- first-past-the-post
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- landslide
- nominate
- rigging
- running mate
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- stump
- vote of confidence
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rig verb [ T ] (FIX IN PLACE)
to fix a piece of equipment in place:
We rigged up a tent between two trees.
The sailors rigged the ship with new sails.
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Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- bung
- change sth around
- consign
- consign sb/sth to sth
- fit
- manoeuvre
- perch
- pop
- position
- sandwich sb/sth between sb/sth
- sandwich sth together
- set sb down
- set sth down
- shelve
- shove
- stand
- stuff
- whack
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Idiom(s)
rig the market
Phrasal verb(s)
rig sb out
rig sth up
rignoun [ C ]
uk/rɪɡ/us/rɪɡ/rig noun [ C ] (STRUCTURE)
a large structure that is used for removing oil or gas from the ground or the bottom of the sea:
Safety precautions on oil rigs are designed to cope with fires and small-scale explosions.
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Engineering - mining & quarrying
- borehole
- coal
- coal mine
- digger
- excavate
- excavator
- extract
- fracking
- gold mine
- gravel pit
- gusher
- hydraulic fracturing
- mineral
- mining
- oil rig
- opencast
- pit
- quarry
- slag heap
- workings
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rig noun [ C ] (TRUCK)
mainly US a truck consisting of two or more parts that bend where they are joined so that the vehicle can turn corners more easily
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Trucks, vans & caravans
- armored car
- armoured car
- bakkie
- bowser
- breakdown truck
- caravan
- Dormobile
- dustcart
- flatbed
- float
- heavy goods vehicle
- horse trailer
- JCB
- juggernaut
- lorry
- milk truck
- pantechnicon
- snowplough
- tender
- traction engine
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