Cooping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkuːpɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Cooping is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of coop.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of coop.
More Meanings
- The practice of forcing unwilling participants to vote, often several times over, for a particular candidate in an election.
Example Sentences
The Tories also engaged in "cooping," intimidating people into voting Tory.
Cooping, the political version of the shanghai, involved kidnapping citizens […]
The restriction (1835) of the time of voting to one day reduced the practice of cooping.
Since then, there have been many other theories, including death from delirium tremens, mugging, and "cooping" (the electioneering practice of kidnapping and holding people in rooms, plying them with alcohol and/or opium and then forcing them to vote repeatedly at different locations).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include henhouse, hencoop, cage, coaxing, coaction, coercer.
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