GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   sandbag , n. A bag filled with sand; small sandbags may be used as a weapon, or larger ones to build walls or as ballast; as, they kept the flooding river from the area by buiding a temmporary dike out of sandbags.
   WordNet 1.6
         
       

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   sandbag , v. To treat harshly or unfairly. [wns=1]
   WordNet 1.6
   To hit something or somebody with or as if with a sandbag. [wns=2]
   WordNet 1.6
   To protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up; as, the residents sandbagged the beach front. [wns=3]
   WordNet 1.6
   To thwart (another person's plans) by surreptitious maneuvers; as, he sandbagged my proposal by talking in private with other members of the committee. [informal]
   PJC
   To intimidate or coerce, especially by crude methods. [Informal]
   PJC
   To deceive and take advantage of (a person) by misrepresenting one's true intentions. [Informal]
   PJC
   Hence: (Poker) To encourage opponents into betting more by first refraining from betting while having a strong hand, and only later raising the stakes. In informal games, certain types of sandbagging are forbidden.
   PJC