mapache
/maˈpat͡ʃe/ · B2 · noun · m
raccoon
🦝 sounds like mah-PAH-chay: a raccoon that 'patches' up stolen votes
Mapache comes from Nahuatl mapachtli, meaning 'the one that takes everything in its hands'. That fits the raccoon's grabbing paws, and the figurative sense of an election thief who grabs what isn't theirs.