rigged
/ɹɪɡd/
rigged adjective: prearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance. Also the simple past and past participle of rig.
Adjective
rigged (comparative more rigged, superlative most rigged)
- Prearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.
- 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.2012 July 3, “Rigged Rates, Rigged Markets”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- stacked
- Having the rigging up.
- We were ready to embark upon our journey now the vessel was rigged.
Also used as
rigged is also the simple past and past participle of rig.
rigged meaning in Hindi, Nepali, Tagalog and Arabic
rigged in Hindi
- धांधली हुई
rigged in Nepali
- रिग्ड, धांधली गरिएको
rigged in Tagalog
- pre-arranged
- lutong-makaw
rigged in Arabic
- pre-arranged
- مُزَوَّر muzawwar, مُزَيَّف muzayyaf, مُتَلَاعَبٌ بِهِ mutalāʕabun bihi
More languagesFewer languages
- rigged in Vietnamese
- bị dàn xếp
Examples of rigged in a sentence
- The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
- All over the world, know-nothing xenophobes are claiming – without evidence – that climate science is rigged.
- Symmetrophiles calibrated to the milieu were skeletal sloops rigged with prettily cut jibs and tawdry spinnakers.
Synonyms of rigged
Forms of rigged
| comparative | more rigged |
|---|---|
| superlative | most rigged |
Origin of rigged
From rig + -ed.
Words formed from rigged
Phrases with rigged
Words that rhyme with rigged
Questions about rigged
- What does rigged mean?
- Rigged means prearranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.
- What is rigged in Hindi?
- Rigged in Hindi is धांधली हुई. See Rigged meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rigged?
- Rigged is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce rigged?
- Rigged is pronounced /ɹɪɡd/.
Words near rigged in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rigged (page history and authors); rigged (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rigged (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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