gerrymander

Speech parts

1. gerrymander - Noun

2. gerrymander - Verb

Meaning

To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

doctor control influence engineer borough precinct double angle exploit fix fake manipulate maneuver circumvent rig
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Antonyms

reveal demonstrate resolve interpret inform omit
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Hypernyms

separate divide cheating cheat part

Derivatives

gerrymandered gerrymandering

Examples

Federalist newspaper editors and others at the time likened the district shape to a salamander, and the word gerrymander was a blend of that word and Governor Gerry's last name. Source: Internet

Buel, pp. 116–17 Formisano, p. 74 The word gerrymander (originally written Gerry-mander) was used for the first time in the Boston Gazette newspaper on March 26, 1812. Source: Internet

Colm Gildernew on the history of gerrymander judecollins. Source: Internet

At most it gives them one presidential election and has the potential for all kinds of blowback in statewide races that they can’t gerrymander. Source: Internet

For example, California’s Republican gerrymander map also fits our criteria for a proportionally partisan map, so they are the same. Source: Internet

The result was described by the journalist and historian Tim Pat Coogan as "a blatant attempt at gerrymander which no Six County Unionist could have bettered." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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