point shaving noun2 •A type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.Point shaving had a long and distinguished history at LIU. — 1999 •The process of making fine distinctions, especially in regard to behavior that is considered unacceptable versus behavior that is almost but not quite objectionable.Between unequivocal perverty behavior and, say, the light fevered brush-up against somebody's arm on a divan lay a multitude of point-shaving. — 1987
