Thesaurus results for GERRYMANDER

gerrymander

verb

as in to manipulate

to divide (a state, school district, etc.) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority

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Recent Examples of gerrymander The 2nd District became the center of a long-running legal battle after a federal court ruled the state had illegally gerrymandered the district to weaken the power of Black voters, who make up roughly a quarter of the state’s population. —

Brandon Conradis, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024 While North Carolina’s state legislature aggressively gerrymandered their new map in favor of Republicans, New York’s state legislature left their lines mostly unchanged, making tweaks that only minorly benefit Democrats. —

Cooper Burton, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024 The Ohio Supreme Court repeatedly ruled in 2022 its redrawn maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans. —

Sam Allard, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024 Even McKinley, who earlier had been gerrymandered into victory, lost his seat. —

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gerrymander

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In more significant cases, scammers manipulate individuals into transferring large sums of money to fake people, scam accounts, or identity theft.

— Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
As Beckman's accomplice, Lau allegedly manipulated documents, including documents allegedly stolen from the venture capital firm that employed her while supposedly hiding her work for GameOn.

— Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2025