GERRYMANDER • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Gerrymander

... the electoral boundaries the party which has a majority in each State is enabled to arrange that the injustice done to itself is a minimum, and that the injustice done to the opposing party is a maximum. 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. But as the practice is universal in all the States, the injustice done ...

— Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government • T. R. Ashworth and H. P. C. Ashworth