Synonyms of gerrymandered

gerrymandered

verb

past tense of gerrymander

as in manipulated

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

Related Words

• manipulated
• arranged
• negotiated
• engineered
• schemed
• concluded
• plotted
• maneuvered
• managed
• framed
• hammered out
• contrived
• concerted
• worked out
• finessed
• directed
• finagled
• machinated
• masterminded
• wangled
• conducted
• angled (for)
• concocted
• connived
• intrigued
• brewed
• hatched
• compassed
• handled
• commanded
• cooked (up)
• ran
• quarterbacked
• captained

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gerrymandered

Shelton is running in a district that has been gerrymandered since the last election. — Jack Harvel july 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026

It was gerrymandered unbelievably so. — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

Bowing to Trump, feckless state legislators have unconstitutionally gerrymandered Democratic-leaning congressional districts out of existence. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2026

They’ve been gerrymandered out of existence. — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2026

Proposition 50, which voters approved in November, gerrymandered some of the state’s congressional districts as California aimed to flip five seats from red to blue in Congress. — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026

Gaskill had shown a map of congressional seats across the country, highlighting those held by Democrats in New England and Illinois, and stated that this was evidence that Democrats gerrymandered, and therefore, so should Indiana Republicans. — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025

Republicans gerrymandered Athens-Clarke to include one strongly Democratic district, parceling out the rest of the county into three seats intended to be Republican. — CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025

Southern states Louisiana’s district lines are under scrutiny from challengers questioning whether the state has racially gerrymandered by creating too many majority-Black districts. — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025