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Word | Gerrymander |
Hindi Meaning | गोलमाल करना, जेरिमैंडर करना, जेरिमैंडर, जालसाज़ी करना, चनाव से पहले की चालबाज़ी बनाना, निर्वाचन से पहले का कूट-प्रबंध करना, धाँधली करना, गड़बड़ मचाना, पक्ष विशेष के हित में चुनाव-क्षेत्रों का फेर-बदल, चनाव से पहले की चालबाज़ी, निर्वाचन से पहले का कूट-प्रबंध, चुनाव से पहले की चालबाजी |
divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts / an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage) / 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. / change voting district lines in order to favor a political party / an instance of gerrymandering. / the act or method of gerrymandering / a district or pattern of districts varying greatly in size or population as a result of gerrymandering / to divide (a state, school district, etc.) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage, | |
Usage | ⇒ The incumbent party is always accused of gerrymandeering in the elections ⇒ The illogical pattern of the map of this congressional district is proof that the state legislature gerrymandered this area in order to favor the majority party. ⇒ gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority ⇒ As Polsby points out, the art of the gerrymander is another instance with respect to which the constitutional order has been turned on its head. |
Synonyms | contrive, intrigue, manipulate, circumvent, finesse, maneuver, angle, borough, caucus, close borough, congressional district, double, election district, engineer, falsify, finagle, flatter, gerrymandered district, jockey, juggle, |
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