variants
or less commonly Bork
borked also Borked; borking also Borking; borks also Borks
transitive verb
US politics, informal
: to attack or defeat (a nominee or candidate for public office) unfairly through an organized campaign of harsh public criticism or vilification
In any event, seeing one of their own being borked may itself energize the conservative base, even beyond what a conservative nomination would do.βπ Image
Mark Tushnet In 1987, conservative judge Robert Bork endured such virulent criticism β¦ that to this day, a nominee sidelined by activists is said to have been "borked."βπ Image
Claire Suddath
