Vocabulary related to bid rigging

Question

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.

found 対抗馬{たいこうば} for a "rival candidate", but I think there was more specific expression for a "horse that will definitely lose" — macraf, Commented Sep 10, 2015 at 15:12
Right, it is not 「対抗馬」 as there is no competition among the "horses" to begin with in 談合. Hint: There is a kana in the middle of the correct word. And for your first question, the answer is a 2-or-4-kanji word containing 「命」. Not sure why the experts have not posted an answer to this excellent question. (Unfortunately, I am no longer answering questions here.) — user4032, Commented Sep 10, 2015 at 23:32

broccoli forest · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-12 04:20:33Z

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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.

broccoli forest

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answered Sep 11, 2015 at 7:03

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Thank you. 当て馬 is definitely the word I heard at work ("we were used as stalking horse").
– macraf
Commented Sep 12, 2015 at 13:52

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