not lawful or legitimate
"The incident did not result in illegitimate ballots being cast and was caught by the local clerk."
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not lawful or legitimate
"The incident did not result in illegitimate ballots being cast and was caught by the local clerk."
to cause something to become unstable or uncertain
"Donald Trump used the imprimatur of the presidency and United States intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in American elections in a presidential address on Thursday that seemed bluntly aimed at laying the groundwork for further destabilizing the electoral system before November’s midterm elections."
prevented from being known or expressed
"The PM declared a climate emergency on one hand and suppressed the climate solution on the other."
an official endorsement or approval
"Donald Trump used the imprimatur of the presidency and United States intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in American elections in a presidential address on Thursday that seemed bluntly aimed at laying the groundwork for further destabilizing the electoral system before November’s midterm elections."
conclusive or irrefutable evidence
"Instead of offering smoking-gun evidence, the release seemed to be a return to a classic Trump strategy of flooding the zone with information in an attempt to muddy the waters and make uncertain what was true."
causing something to become unstable or uncertain
"Donald Trump used the imprimatur of the presidency and United States intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in American elections in a presidential address on Thursday that seemed bluntly aimed at laying the groundwork for further destabilizing the electoral system before November’s midterm elections."
in a direct and straightforward manner
"Donald Trump used the imprimatur of the presidency and United States intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in American elections in a presidential address on Thursday that seemed bluntly aimed at laying the groundwork for further destabilizing the electoral system before November’s midterm elections."
a portion or share of something
"The latest tranche of declassified documents has not only pulled the curtain further away from his crimes, it has also shone a spotlight on the profound moral rot that seems to prevail among the global elite."
to make something unclear or confusing
"Instead of offering smoking-gun evidence, the release seemed to be a return to a classic Trump strategy of flooding the zone with information in an attempt to muddy the waters and make uncertain what was true."
in a way that is against the law
"China, he claimed, had illicitly acquired voter information on 220 million Americans (many states allow anyone to buy voter roll information; Trump did not say the means by which the nation acquired the data)."
the act of soliciting votes or opinions
"Trump also claimed that FBI officials had investigated a voter-canvassing operation in Muskegon, Michigan, in which canvassers admitted they had submitted voter-registration applications with fake names."