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GERRYMANDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gerrymander" is a kind of...):
cheat; cheating (a deception for profit to yourself)
Derivation:
gerrymander (divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they gerrymander ... he / she / it gerrymanders
Past simple: gerrymandered
Past participle: gerrymandered
-ing form: gerrymandering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "gerrymander" is one way to...):
divide; part; separate (come apart)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
gerrymander (an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage))