also: ごとこうい
cheating at pachinko; scamming a pachinko parlor
Refers to illegal tampering with pachinko machines or other fraudulent acts to obtain money or prizes. ゴト is originally an abbreviation of 仕事, used as underworld slang.
See also: パチンコ
He swindled a large amount of money from the pachinko parlor through cheating.
Cheating at pachinko is, of course, a crime.
Standard katakana-kanji spelling; ゴト is an abbreviation of 仕事.
Hiragana variant; less common but still used.
ゴト is a slang abbreviation of 仕事 (shigoto, 'work'), used in underworld contexts to refer to illegal activities. 行為 means 'act' or 'deed', forming a compound meaning 'cheating act'.