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stuffing the ballot box

stuffing the ballot box is the present participle and gerund of stuff the ballot box.

Meaning of stuff the ballot box

Verb

stuff the ballot box (third-person singular simple present stuffs the ballot box, present participle stuffing the ballot box, simple past and past participle stuffed the ballot box)

  1. (idiomatic) To commit fraud in an election by depositing extra or otherwise illegitimate ballots into the container holding the ballots of voters, in an attempt to secure victory for a particular candidate or outcome.
    • Two fruitless ballots were taken, when the chairman of the board of tellers, stepping to the platform, said: "I find that attempts have been made to stuff the ballot-box."1888 May 24, “Electing the Bishops”, in Baltimore American, retrieved 05 Apr 2013, page 4

Questions about stuffing the ballot box

What is stuffing the ballot box the present participle and gerund of?
Stuffing the ballot box is the present participle and gerund of stuff the ballot box.

Words near stuffing the ballot box in the dictionary

  1. stuffing boxes
  2. stuffing cucumber
  3. stuffing cucumbers
  4. stuffing one's face
  5. stuffing out
  6. stuffing the ballot box
  7. stuffing up
  8. stuffing-box
  9. stuffing-boxes
  10. stuffings
  11. Stuffle

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