Usually means: Redrawing districts to favor parties.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. gerrymandered: Merriam-Webster
  2. gerrymandered: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gerrymandered: Vocabulary.com
  4. gerrymandered: Wordnik
  5. gerrymandered: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. gerrymandered: Wiktionary
  7. Gerrymandered, gerrymandered: Dictionary.com
  8. gerrymandered: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Gerrymandered: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Gerrymandered: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Gerrymandered: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. gerrymandered: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. gerrymandered: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. gerrymandered: Legal dictionary

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  1. gerrymandered: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gerrymander)

verb:  (transitive, derogatory) 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, derogatory, 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.
verb:  (transitive, derogatory, by extension) To change the franchise or voting system in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
verb:  (transitive, derogatory, by extension, chiefly UK and Ireland) To deliberately bring in voters of one's own party or displace voters of another party from a voting district in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
noun:  (derogatory) The act of gerrymandering.
noun:  (derogatory) A voting district skewed by gerrymandering.
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