gerrymander
• verb manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favour one party or class. — ORIGIN from the name of Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts + SALAMANDER, from the supposed similarity between a salamander and the shape of a new voting district created when he was in office (1812), which was felt to favour his party.
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