pocket borough (Meaning)
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pocket borough (n)
a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family
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a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family
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The incumbent politician had held the pocket borough for decades, thanks to gerrymandering and voter suppression.
The small town was a classic pocket borough, controlled by a powerful family dynasty.
The newly elected representative pledged to break the hold of the old pocket borough political machine.
The district's boundaries were deliberately drawn to create a pocket borough for a particular party.
