Match fixing in Romanian football is called blat (plural blaturi).
This term is specifically used in the football domestic competition called Liga I to explain a friendly agreement between two or more presidents of football clubs for fixing matches. Etymologically blat means "dough" and a term for designing clandestine travelling in a city bus (has no plural form). So a blătar fixes matches and a blatist travels without a bus ticket.
Read more about Match Fixing In Romanian Football: Origin, In The 1990s, Press Campaign For Eradication
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