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gamingasmodeus
Since: Mar, 2024
3rd Mar, 2024 04:01:03 PM
How about Deliberate Underperformance? See also Do Well, But Not Perfect.
eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
3rd Mar, 2024 06:12:14 PM
Hustling the Mark could also apply.
A person embezzled 3 million dollars in order to buy a race horse. In order to hide this fact, he intentionally caused the horse to underperform for a while.