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When you rig something, you connect parts in a way that's just so crazy it might work. You could rig your jeans by using a paper clip to replace a button that pops.

Rig can also describe deceiving people to achieve a certain outcome. Voting multiple times, purposely miscounting the number of votes a person received, even throwing out certain people's votes: these are all ways to rig an election. Outraged people say, "The election was fixed!" This doesn't mean it was repaired; it means it was rigged — fraud played a role in the outcome.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: rig

1	v n	equip with sails or masts formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
2	v n	manipulate in a fraudulent manner the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
3	n	a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: rig

v equip with sails or masts

“rig a ship”

Synonyms:: set, set up

Type of:: equip, fit, fit out, outfit
provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose

v connect or secure to

“They rigged the bomb to the ignition”

Type of:: fasten, fix, secure
cause to be firmly attached

n formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel

Synonyms:: rigging

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; Bermuda rig, Bermudan rig, Bermudian rig, Marconi rig
a rig of triangular sails for a yacht; cat rig
rig of a catboat; fore-and-aft rig
rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft; lateen-rig
the rig on a lateen-rigged sailing vessel

Type of:: formation
a particular spatial arrangement

n gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise

Types:: drill rig, drilling rig, oil rig, oilrig
rig used in drilling for oil or gas; drilling platform, offshore rig
drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially

Type of:: appurtenance, gear, paraphernalia
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

n gear used in fishing

Synonyms:: fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle

Type of:: appurtenance, gear, paraphernalia
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

n a set of clothing (with accessories)

Synonyms:: getup, outfit, turnout

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; bib-and-tucker
an attractive outfit; ensemble
a coordinated outfit (set of clothing); playsuit
a sports outfit for women or children; usually consists of shorts and a blouse; trousseau
the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens; sailor suit
a boy's ensemble; copied from a sailor's uniform

Type of:: attire, dress, garb
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

v manipulate in a fraudulent manner

“rig prices”

Synonyms:: manipulate

Type of:: price
determine the price of

v arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

“rig an election”

Synonyms:: set up

Type of:: cheat, chisel
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

n the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

Synonyms:: cheat, swindle

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; cozenage, scam
a fraudulent business scheme; bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property; pyramiding
a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated; holdout
the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later; swiz
British slang for a swindle; shell game, thimblerig
a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under; sting operation
a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)

Type of:: fraud
intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

n a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together

Synonyms:: articulated lorry, semi, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig

Types:: tandem trailer
trucking rig with two trailers in tandem

Type of:: motortruck, truck
an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

n a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses

Synonyms:: carriage, equipage

Types:: show 24 types...; hide 24 types...; barouche
a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top; brougham
light carriage; pulled by a single horse; buckboard
an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles; buggy, roadster
a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse; cab, cabriolet
small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood; caroche
a luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century; chaise, shay
a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse; chariot
a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage; clarence
a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers; coach, coach-and-four, four-in-hand
a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver; droshky, drosky
an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia; gharry
a horse-drawn carriage in India; gig
small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood; hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coach
a carriage for hire; hansom, hansom cab
a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers; landau
a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately; post chaise
closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used to transport passengers and mail; stanhope
a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat; surrey
a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats; trap
a light two-wheeled carriage; troika
a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast; four-wheeler
a hackney carriage with four wheels; remise
an expensive or high-class hackney; stage, stagecoach
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns

Type of:: horse-drawn vehicle
a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses

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