to rig an election
11election — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean (esp. AmE), fair, free, open ▪ fraudulent, rigged, stolen ▪ close …
12election */*/*/ — UK [ɪˈlekʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms election : singular election plural elections [countable] an occasion when people vote for someone to represent them, especially in a government Only about 20% of the people voted in the local government… …
13rig — 1. v. & n. v.tr. (rigged, rigging) 1 a provide (a sailing ship) with sails, rigging, etc. b prepare ready for sailing. 2 (often foll. by out, up) fit with clothes or other equipment. 3 (foll. by up) set up hastily or as a makeshift. 4 assemble… …
14rig — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Rig is used after these nouns: ↑oil {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Rig is used with these nouns as the object: ↑election, ↑sail …
15rig — [rɪg] verb [T] I to influence something such as an election in a dishonest way in order to produce a particular result • rig sth up II noun [C] rig [rɪg] a tall structure with equipment for getting oil or gas out of the ground …
16rig up — PHRASAL VERB If you rig up a device or structure, you make it or fix it in place using any materials that are available. [V P n (not pron)] When it rained I rigged up a partial shelter with a tarpaulin... [V P n (not pron)] Election officials… …
17rig — I verb 1) the boats were rigged with a single sail Syn: equip, kit out, fit out, supply, furnish, provide, arm 2) I rigged myself out in black Syn: dress, clothe, attire, robe …
18rig — 1. tv. to arrange or tamper with the results of something. □ The crooks rigged the election. □ Somebody rigged the contest so no one got first prize. 2. n. a large truck; an eighteen wheeler. □ Jim drives a really big rig …
19rig (to) — Fix a machine; illegally predetermine an election; illegally manipulate a market; a truck or other piece of large machinery …
20Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008 — Infobox Election election name = Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008 country = Zimbabwe type = presidential ongoing = no previous election = Zimbabwean presidential election, 2002 previous year = 2002 next election = next year = election date …
