[{"word":"gerrymander","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of gerrymandering.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"By this iniquitous practice, which is known as the gerrymander, the party in a minority in each State is allowed to get only about one-half or one-quarter of its proper share of representation."},{"definition":"A voting district skewed by gerrymandering.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Any citizen looking at a map of district 12 could immediately tell that it was a gerrymander because of the ridiculous way it cut across 4 counties while carving up neighborhoods in half."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The superintendent helped gerrymander the school district lines in order to keep the children of the wealthy gated community in the better school all the way across town."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gerrymander"]}]