Definition of "carpeted" [carpeted]

• Simple past tense and past participle of carpet. (verb)

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• "The illegal bouts, in carpeted 16-by-16-foot pits surrounded by four-foot walls, are staged in hidden venues, usually with no more than a few dozen spectators allowed."
• "Hard working reps at the bottom and non entities in carpeted offices at the top."
• "His office as Secretary was the only one in the Department that had carpet, which gave a very literal ring to officers 'dread of being "carpeted" or, as they used to say, "summoned to the carpet"."