やおちょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やおちょう – see the following entry.
八百長
[noun] (sports) match fixing; collusion to pre-determine the outcome of a game or match, usually for gambling purposes
[verb] (sports) to fix a match; to rig an outcome
(This term, やおちょう (yaochō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)