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