rigged (up)

Definition of rigged (up)next
past tense of rig (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigged (up)
Verb
  • The Portage, Michigan, native threw up his hands in disbelief after Hamlin bumped him from the pole at his home track.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 June 2026
  • Some of the victims who ingested the salt threw up, collapsed in their parents' arms, or were found unresponsive in bed, hotel rooms and vehicles, prosecutors said, Reuters reports.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • The grand property later took on a radically different role as the state-of-the-art St George's Hospital, rebuilt in 1825 by architect William Wilkins, the mind behind London’s National Gallery.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
  • The park district also water playgrounds in McKinley, Austin-Lake and Avalon Park are being redesigned and rebuilt as part of an ongoing improvements project, and will be closed for the 2026 season.
    Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • The lost information was reconstructed by Gaudí’s collaborators which then helped later generations of architects.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
  • This work was performed on the tobacco virus, which could then be reconstructed from those parts to produce a material as capable of causing disease as the intact virus.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
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“Rigged (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigged%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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