gerrymandering

/JH EH0 R IY0 M AE1 N D ER0 IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.

  2. 2

    (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.

    โ€œThe 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.โ€

noun
  1. 1

    The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gerrymander, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gerrymandering