planted/rigged a bomb

[bamboo--tw]

An unidentified man called the police, saying he had planted a bomb at the Taipei Railway Station.


Hi,
Can I interpert "planted" in the above as "rigged?" If not, what does it mean? Thanks.

 

[bibliolept]

Planted means "installed" or "set," so it would have a meaning equivalent to "rigged" in this situation.

 

[Dimcl]

Planted means "installed" or "set," so it would have a meaning equivalent to "rigged" in this situation.

Doesn't "rigging" a bomb mean that the bomb was made? If I "rig up" a bomb, am I not creating a bomb? "Planting" a bomb in a given location means placing it in the place that it is "rigged" to go off at. I don't think that the use of "rigged" in Bamboo's sentence is correct.

 

[bibliolept]

Doesn't "rigging" a bomb mean that the bomb was made? If I "rig up" a bomb, am I not creating a bomb? "Planting" a bomb in a given location means placing it in the place that it is "rigged" to go off at. I don't think that the use of "rigged" in Bamboo's sentence is correct.

From rig:

2 rig
connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"

I understand your misgivings, Dimcl. Perhaps I just equate the meaning of "rig a bomb" to less ambiguous uses like "rig a booby trap" or the like.