stack the deck

Translations
подтасовать карты
He tried to stack the deck in his favor by influencing the judges.
Он пытался подтасовать карты в свою пользу, влияя на судей.
Definitions
To arrange or manipulate a situation or set of circumstances in a way that gives an unfair advantage to one party, often by deceitful means.
Words
stack

verb
подтасовывать
the

article or possessive pronoun
эту
deck

noun
колоду