[sand.bag] n (1590): a bag filled with sand and used in fortifications, as ballast, or as a weapon
[2]sandbag vt (1860) 1: to bank, stop up, or weight with sandbags
2. a: to hit or stun with or as if with a sandbag b: to treat unfairly or harshly c: to coerce by crude means "are raiding the Treasury and sandbagging the government --C. W. Ferguson" d: to conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent esp. in order to take advantage of -- sand.bag.ger n