Vocabulary related to bid rigging


In a bid rigging (談合入札) how do you call the suppliers:

  * the one to win the contract
  * others who are intended just to take part and to lose (I recall some expression with 馬)

As we are talking about illegal activity, I expect these expressions to be
slangy.




It may be 本命 (the one to win) and 当{あ}て馬{うま} (the one to lose). I didn't find
it out until I read the comment.




It may be 本命 (the one to win) and 当{あ}て馬{うま} (the one to lose). I didn't find
it out until I read the comment.

