gerrymander in English

noun
1
an instance of gerrymandering.
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.
verb
1
manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
He said the party had impoverished its supporters and predicted that they would turn against the ruling party, no matter how the constituency boundaries were gerrymandered .

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1. Another law will gerrymander parliament in its favor.

2. A gerrymander sounds like a strange political beast, which in fact it is, considered from a historical perspective.

3. To gerrymander, even with Compactness, you start by placing areas with dense concentrations of the opposition party into as few districts

4. The ruling Zanu-PF regime has just passed a new law allowing phone calls and emails to be monitored. Another law will gerrymander parliament in its favor.

5. Comparing how Himba speakers and English speakers distinguish colors on a map is a bit like comparing how Democrats and Republicans might gerrymander the same district: there's just not much overlap.