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internal affairs

NOUN

politics

Synonyms

STRONGEST

campaigning government

STRONG

backroom civics electioneering jungle legislature polity statecraft zoo

WEAK

affairs of state domestic affairs foreign affairs government policy hat in the ring matters of state political science smoke-filled room stateship

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In his new job, he controlled criminal investigations, crime-scene investigations, internal affairs, the narcotics team and drug-analysis units.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

We asked Russia's ministry of internal affairs for comment, but it did not respond.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

“We categorically reject intervention in the internal affairs of other countries,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said in her daily news conference Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

“We categorically reject intervention in the internal affairs of other countries,” Sheinbaum said in her daily news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Its jurisdiction was strictly limited to relations among the nations and outside groups; internal affairs were the province of the individual nations.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

internal affairs

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