misrule


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Synonyms for misrule

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for misrule

a lack of civil order or peace

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Synonyms for misrule

government that is inefficient or dishonest

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In addition to burgeoning drama, misrule processions also emerged at the university.
ignored his misrule as long as the Soviets were a threat.
In the late 1880s the upper class developed its own form of misrule in their exuberance after Thanksgiving Day football games.
A pity then that Lord Of Misrule was such a loose production.
The PDP, therefore, called on Nigerians of good faith to explore necessary avenues available in a democracy and the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to raise a voice of lamentation on the state of our nation under the misrule of the APC.
Dr Zulfikar Mirza told the audience that people of Thar had been given the chance to get rid of 'corrupt PPP leaders by rejecting them in the election and hold them accountable for their decade-long misrule'.
Traditionally the Lord of the Manor would appoint his Lord of Misrule -who would then become the master of ceremonies for Christmas celebrations.
There's even a chance to tuck into some medieval food, tickle your ribs with the court jester, enjoy the music of the Lords Of Misrule and take part in an audience with St George.
THERE are reckoned to be five million Zimbabweans living in South Africa who have fled across the border to escape Mugabe's misrule.
He cited non-existent funds for developmental projects, which had been augmented by absence of salaries of governmental employees; severely lambasting, what he termed as high example of misrule of a CM with high blood pressure scales.
MAMATA BANERJEE: In West Bengal, our principal opponent is the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) and, in order to end its misrule, we are willing to join hands with other political outfits so that the anti-Left vote doesn't get divided.
In Tudor times, it was believed that the Lord of Misrule turned the world upside down on Twelfth night - so lords would become peasants and vice versa.
By promoting effective policies, within a strong British economic framework, the Welsh Assembly Government is now consigning to history the appalling legacy of Conservative misrule of our economy.
Does he really expect electors to forget and overlook the disastrous 18 years of Tory misrule?