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stuffs the ballot box

stuffs the ballot box is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 stuffs the ballot box

What is stuffs the ballot box the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stuffs the ballot box is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stuff the ballot box.

Words near stuffs the ballot box in the dictionary

  1. Stuffle
  2. stuffless
  3. stuffs
  4. stuffs one's face
  5. stuffs out
  6. stuffs the ballot box
  7. stuffs up
  8. stuffy
  9. stuft
  10. STUFTs
  11. Stugard

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