NOUN
  • Definition - The act of gerrymandering.
  • Example - By this iniquitous practice, which is known as the gerrymander, the party in a minority in each State is allowed to get only about one-half or one-quarter of its proper share of representation.
  • Definition - A voting district skewed by gerrymandering.
  • Example - Any citizen looking at a map of district 12 could immediately tell that it was a gerrymander because of the ridiculous way it cut across 4 counties while carving up neighborhoods in half.
VERB
  • Definition - To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
  • Example - Any citizen looking at a map of district 12 could immediately tell that it was a gerrymander because of the ridiculous way it cut across 4 counties while carving up neighborhoods in half.
  • Definition - (by extension) To draw dividing lines for other types of districts in an unintuitive way to favor a particular group or for other perceived gain.
  • Example - The superintendent helped gerrymander the school district lines in order to keep the children of the wealthy gated community in the better school all the way across town.
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gerrymanders 19
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gerrymander 18
10 Letter Words
gendarmery 17 germanders 14
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