fixing, match-fixing, price-fixing

Criminal gangs are grooming sport's players to rig games. Match-fixing is believed to be more prevalent than ever

fixing

NOUN

mass noun

• 1The action of fastening something in place.

  ‘the fixing of additional strengthening steelwork’

  1. 1.1fixingsBritish Screws, bolts, or other items used to fasten or assemble building material, furniture, or equipment.
     ‘masonry fixings’

     ‘bikes can be mounted on roof bars with special fixings’
• 2The process of deciding or planning something.

  ‘the fixing of the date of the hearing’

  ‘the fixing of a fair and reasonable price’

  1. 2.1fixingsNorth American The ingredients necessary to make a dish or meal.
     ‘have all the fixings ready before starting’
  2. 2.2fixingsNorth American Apparatus or equipment for a particular purpose.
     ‘picnic fixings’
• 3The action of mending or repairing something.

  ‘the roof needs fixing’

  ‘problems in need of fixing’
• 4informal The illegal or underhand influencing of the outcome of something such as a race, match, or election.

  ‘police investigating the alleged fixing of horse races’

  ‘several laws restricted the fixing of retail prices’