rigged
Set up dishonestly
Rigged describes something manipulated to produce a predetermined outcome.
A rigged election has been tampered with.
A rigged game is fixed against fair play.
The whole system is rigged suggests powerful forces have arranged things to their advantage.
In nautical contexts, rigged describes how a ship's sails and masts are configured: a square-rigged vessel.
To rig something is to set it up, often hastily: We rigged a shelter from tarps.
Supplied with gear
- fittedShaped to conform
- gearedAdjusted or tailored
- harnessedControlled and directed
- assembledBrought together as group
setup · prepared · configured · mounted · installed · tackle · pulley · block
Restored or immovable
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- manipulatedControlled through cunning
- crookedBent or dishonest
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
staged · setup · prearranged · stacked · loaded · weighted · gamed · thrown
Temporary, improvised substitute
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
- improvisedCreated without prior planning
- patchedRepaired with covering material
- temporaryLimited in duration
stopgap · kludge · lashed together · thrown together · MacGyvered · hacked · ad-hoc · rough-and-ready
outfitted
Supplied with gear
assembled · setup · prepared · configured · mounted · installed · tackle · pulley · block · winch
fixed
Restored or immovable
- fraudulentInvolving intentional dishonesty
- manipulatedControlled through cunning
- crookedBent or dishonest
predetermined · staged · setup · prearranged · stacked · loaded · weighted · gamed · thrown · bought
makeshift
Temporary, improvised substitute
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
- improvisedCreated without prior planning
- patchedRepaired with covering material
temporary · stopgap · kludge · lashed together · thrown together · MacGyvered · hacked · ad-hoc · rough-and-ready · bodged
mast
Vessel's sail support
stay · boom · yard · jib · mainsail · spinnaker · genoa · fore-and-aft · sailcloth · bowsprit
- unfairnessunfair, unjust, biased, unequal, inequitable
- Trumpismsfake news, bigly, tremendous, huge, MAGA
- falsifiedfalsified, doctored, fabricated, fake, faked
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- predeterminedfate, destiny, kismet, preordained, prearranged
- not realfake, phony, sham, pretend, fabricated
riggedfair
Impartial and unbiased
legitimate · honest · unrigged · impartial · on the level
riggedunrigged
Had equipment removed
bare · unequipped · stripped · dismasted · unprepared
- vote riggingManipulating election outcomes dishonestly
- election riggingFraudulent outcome manipulation
- rigged electionFraudulently manipulated political contest
- rigged gameContest with predetermined outcome
- rigged systemUnfairly structured competition
- rigging up