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1. A bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast

1. Treat harshly or unfairly
    
2. Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
   "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
   - dragoon, railroad
    
3. Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
   - stun
    
4. Downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling
    
5. Protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up
   "The residents sandbagged the beach front"

Derived forms: sandbagged, sandbags, sandbagging

See also: sandbagger

Type of: bag, coerce, disinform, force, hale [archaic], hit, misinform, mislead, pressure, squeeze, strengthen, wrong

Encyclopedia: Sandbag