| 单词 | rig sale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrig sale ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > auction > under false or fraudulent pretences mock auction1770 rig sale1812 rigged sale1862 1812 Ruinous Tendency Auctioneering 35 The auctioneer himself having been the swindler in chief, who planned the scheme to make up what is technically called a ‘rigg sale’, that is, a sale where a part or the whole of the property is the auctioneer's own, and the price of which is kept up by having two or three sham gentlemen to bid one against the other. 1851 Chambers's Jrnl. 15 102 The ‘Rig’ Sale. 1871 Overland Monthly Aug. 116/1 A rig sale is, generally, a conspiracy between needy brokers and dealers, who furnish an empty house between them, and, by bidding for articles themselves, entice the unwary to bid beyond them. < as lemmas |
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