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loaded dice

noun

Etymology

From loaded (“weighted asymmetrically”) + dice.

Definitions

  1. An advantage obtained by manipulating rules or insider influence.

    • Slave states have always won. They have played with loaded dice—loaded with Slavery.
    • In fact, the need for a cultural-relativistic point of view has become apparent because of the realization that there is no way to play this game of making judgments across cultures except with loaded dice.
    • The riverboat gambler’s most intriguing insight on the stock market is that all investors use loaded dice if they only knew it.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see loaded, dice.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA