The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gerrymander \Ger`ry*man"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gerrymandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gerrymandering.] 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.
Note: This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge
Gerry was governor, and was attributed to his
influence, hence the name; though it is now known that
he was opposed to the measure.
--Bartlett.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: gerrymander)
Usage examples of "gerrymandered".
The lines were redrawn in a heated sequence, but in the process I was gerrymandered out of my district.
In a dozen obvious ways it is gerrymandered in the interest of the moneyed class.
With a little imagination, the roadblocks might have been gerrymandered to force one group of outlaws off to the south and another to the north.
In 1924 He gerrymandered the elections, and He has oppressed minorities in the Tyrol and the North-East: He sent our soldiers to take part in the rape of Somalia and Libya, drenching their hands in the blood of innocents, He has doubled the number of the bureaucracy in order to tame the bourgeoisie, He has abolished local government, interfered with the judiciary, and purportedly has divinely stopped the flow of lava on Mt Etna by a mere act of will.