booth capturing

booth capturing
 n.β€” Β«Police said that the deaths and injuries occurred during clashes between rival parties, police gunfire to break up disturbances and incidents of “booth capturing,” a uniquely South Asian election phenomenon in which armed partisan gangs raid a polling station where an election is closely contested and shoot it out until one party takes command of the election boxes.Β» β€”β€œHeavy Voting and Violence Mark Indian Elections” Washington Post Dec. 25, 1984. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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