1
a
: lines and chains used aboard a ship especially in working sail and supporting masts and spars
b
: a similar network (as in theater scenery) used for support and manipulation
2
: clothing
Examples of rigging in a Sentence
They checked the rigging before they set sail.
even at the Ivies they dress in the standard rigging of the college student: T-shirt and jeans
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In the three weeks since the NCAA implemented its rescission period, two MLB pitchers have been indicted for rigging games and six college basketball players from three separate schools have been permanently banned from NCAA competition for game fixing.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Clase, who had traveled from the Dominican Republic, is due in Brooklyn federal court Thursday afternoon for arraignment on the indictment charging him with rigging pitches so sports bettors could make hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent bets.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
Major League Baseball said Monday that authorized sportsbooks will limit the amount of money that can be wagered on pitches, a day after charges were announced against two players accused of pitch-rigging.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers that were under investigation by MLB for bet-rigging, were charged recently by federal prosecutors in New York.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 11 Nov. 2025
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Clase, who had traveled from the Dominican Republic, is due in Brooklyn federal court Thursday afternoon for arraignment on the indictment charging him with rigging pitches so sports bettors could make hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent bets.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
Major League Baseball said Monday that authorized sportsbooks will limit the amount of money that can be wagered on pitches, a day after charges were announced against two players accused of pitch-rigging.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers that were under investigation by MLB for bet-rigging, were charged recently by federal prosecutors in New York.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rigging
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“Rigging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rigging. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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rigging
noun
rig·ging
ˈrig-iŋ 
-ən
1
: the ropes and chains used aboard a ship especially in working sail and supporting masts and spars
2
: equipment for supporting and working something (as theater scenery)
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