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electoral fraud

electoral fraud noun: illegal interference with the process of an election, especially with the intent to stage a desired election outcome.

Noun

electoral fraud (uncountable)

  1. Illegal interference with the process of an election, especially with the intent to stage a desired election outcome.
    • The taking such measures, in order to secure their fair right of voting to the electors in a particular interest, must be considered rather as an act of official favouritism, than as an electoral fraud.1839, Charles Buller, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, The Report and Despatches of the Earl of Durham
    • He has saddled the finances of the Principality with the costs of a huge electoral fraud.1882, M. Valentine Chirol, “Bulgaria”, in The Fortnightly Review, volume 36, page 293

Questions about electoral fraud

What does electoral fraud mean?
Electoral fraud means illegal interference with the process of an election, especially with the intent to stage a desired election outcome.
What part of speech is electoral fraud?
Electoral fraud is a noun.

Words near electoral fraud in the dictionary

  1. electoral bases
  2. electoral college
  3. electoral colleges
  4. electoral district
  5. electoral districts
  6. electoral fraud
  7. electoral observer
  8. electoral observers
  9. Electoral Palatinate
  10. electoral register
  11. electoral registers

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