VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / gerrymander

Thesaurus: gerrymander

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.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

Definitions

  1. v. t. 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.
  2. n. an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
  3. v. divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
  4. v:100 n. an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) v. divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts