point shaving

English

Noun

point shaving (uncountable)

1. (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.

Verb

point shaving

1. present participle and gerund of point shave