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DEELECT

v.
To recall or otherwise remove from office an elected official. Also:deelect.
de-electionn.
Example Citations:
Locally, there has been an ongoing protest campaign to force Emerson to resign and to run again in a byelection, this time as a Conservative. ...
Chalmers said the campaign tode-electEmerson continues to gain momentum, supporters and donations.
— "Emerson, Harper cleared by watchdog,"CBC.ca, March 20, 2006
A simple little black and white sign sticky-taped to a fence which, although heartfelt, did not look like any officially approved electoral advertising.
Simply it read "De-electthe Health Minister — he is a health hazard."
— "The Real Stories,"Hobart Mercury, March 17, 2006
Earliest Citation:
These commuter routes were forced on the Hill when its population was poor and defenseless.
We're working now tode-electthe politicians that continue to permit it.
— Robert Thomas, "White Lines,"The Washington Post, August 7, 1987
Related Words:
de-conflict
de-orbit
de-policing
de-proliferate
de-Scottishify
naked re-elect
uncumbent
Category:
Politics