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1.
United Statesgeneralformalinformal
- To manipulate or bias a process, decision, or outcome unfairly in order to favor a particular result.
- To interfere with impartial judgment or measurement so that the result is skewed.
2.
generalinformalfigurative
- To exert subtle, improper, or undue influence on a situation or contest, short of overt cheating, so as to advantage one side.

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