An act of bias or a tactic for cheating which creates a situation that unfairly benefits one party involved in an interaction.

Etymology:

  • An allusion to a butcher who cheats customers by surreptitiously using a thumb to apply extra pressure to the scale when weighing meat to calculate the price of a sale.
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I'll try to give an impartial account without putting my thumb on the scale.

Submitted on July 10, 2018

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pulgar en la balanza

pouce sur l'échelle

большой палец на шкале

拇指在秤上

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