pocket borough

Noun

Meaning

a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

borough

Examples

A member who represented a pocket borough was expected to vote as his patron ordered, or else lose his seat at the next election. Source: Internet

For two centuries following the restoration the city was a pocket borough of this family. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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