verb

load

To arrange something unfairly to favor a particular outcome.

The organizer loads the committee with supporters of the plan.

Etymology

The unfairness sense is illustrated by loaded dice, whose added weight favors particular results. The verb broadened to arranging other situations so that the outcome is biased.

More examples

The questions were loaded to favor one answer.
They have loaded the panel against the proposal.
He was loading the process with unfair conditions.

Forms

load · loads · loaded · loading

Similar words

bias: Influences a process unfairly toward one result.
rig: Manipulates an outcome dishonestly.