Rigg

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. To manipulate a situation, contest, or system dishonestly to achieve a desired outcome
2. To set up or arrange something fraudulently so that a particular result is guaranteed
3. To tamper with or control something deceptively to ensure a predetermined conclusion

Etymology: The word "rigg" is a fairly obscure one, and its story runs back to the North. In Middle English, "ryg" or "ryge" meant a storm, and it likely descends from or is closely tied to the Old Norse "hregg," which meant a storm accompanied by rain. The Norse word carried the force of weather itself, so the English term began life as a blunt description of bad weather rather than anything gentler. Because the Middle English form is recorded only as a noun for a storm, the word's journey from there to its modern sense is the thread that remains to be traced. The connection to Old Norse is what marks it as a Scandinavian contribution to the English vocabulary, reaching the language through the same northern contacts that brought many other everyday words into it.