game the system | обхитрить систему (To use the rules and procedures meant to protect a system in order to instead manipulate the system for a desired outcome.
Near-synonyms: play the system, beat the system, work the system • Doctors often 'game the system' by manipulating the organ allocation system to favor patients of their choosing.
Huge spikes in wholesale electricity prices in South Australia have been a result of energy companies “gaming” the system and exploiting their unusual market power to charge “monopoly rents”, according to an in-depth report by the Melbourne Energy Institute.
The moral appears to be that wealthy individuals can game the system, and if the pressure becomes unbearable they can make a settlement – otherwise off they go. wiktionary.org Alexander Demidov) |