gerrymander
- Verb. (transitive, pejorative) To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
- Verb. (transitive, pejorative) To draw dividing lines for other types of districts in an unintuitive way to favor a particular group or for other perceived gain.
- Noun. (pejorative) The act of gerrymandering.
- Noun. (pejorative) A voting district skewed by gerrymandering.
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