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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Rigged

Consider the following sentence:


"The MPLA wins, but Savimbi says the vote was rigged and resumes the war."


In this context, does 'rigged' mean 'cheated'?

  

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Here are some things you can say The vote was rigged (by Jack). But you can't say T he vote was cheated (by Jack). Jack rigged the vote.

— Clive

  • Here are some things you can say The vote was rigged (by Jack).
  • But you can't say T he vote was cheated (by Jack).
  • Jack rigged the vote.
  • This means Jack cheated.
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Here are some things you can say

The vote was rigged (by Jack). But you can't say The vote was cheated (by Jack).

Jack rigged the vote. This means Jack cheated.

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