Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stuff the ballot box

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: stuff the bal-lot box
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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.

Example Sentences

"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.""
"Their simplest and most effective scheme is to create a disturbance during which they can stuff the ballot box as they tried to last night."
"Republicans were said to have stuffed the ballot box with illegal votes, and the Democrats were accused of a lot of things too."
"Several council officials were convicted of stuffing the ballot box in 1996 to guarantee approval of a widely disliked contract."

Inflected Forms

stuffs the ballot box (present, singular) stuffing the ballot box (participle, present) stuffed the ballot box (participle, past) stuffed the ballot box (past)

Phrases

ballot stuffer ballot stuffing

Frequently Paired Words

ballot stuffer ballot stuffing

Questions

What does stuff the ballot box mean?: 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.

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