spot-fixing

spot-fixing
 n.β€” Β«Although police have not ruled it out, both Mr Ashraf and the team spokesman, PJ Mir, dismissed speculation that Mr Woolmer’s death was linked to match-fixing and a practice known as “spot-fixing,” or betting on individual events within a match.Β» β€”β€œWoolmer police seek Pakistan fans” by Tom Leonard, Toby Harnden, Martin Beckford in Kingston, Jamaica Telegraph (United Kingdom) Mar. 27, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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