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point shaving en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.
   • The Fresno Bee picked up on it and said there was point shaving. 2005, Jerry Tarkanian, Runnin' Rebel, page 210:
   • Point shaving had a long and distinguished history at LIU. 1999, Charles Rosen, Scandals of '51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball, page 32:
   • Ultimately the findings were given to federal authorities, and the government launched its own extended inquiry into point shaving at Northwestern. 2008, Stanley H. Teitelbaum, Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols, page 68:

point shaving en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of point shave
   form of point shave