Main Entry: ²sandbag

Function: verb

Date: 1860

transitive verb

1 : to bank, stop up, or weight with sandbags
2 a : to hit or stun with or as if with a sandbag b : to treat unfairly or harshly c : to coerce by crude means <are raiding the Treasury and sandbagging the government — C. W. Ferguson> d : to conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent especially in order to take advantage ofintransitive verb : to hide the truth about oneself so as to gain an advantage over another

— sand·bag·ger noun