misrule
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His party's years in power, however, became associated with misrule and corruption.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
Just ask Haitians in Miami who have long suffered under terror and misrule, or ask the Central Americans who fled civil wars.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022
"I ask for time, valuable time to rescue the country from corruption and misrule."
From Reuters ● Dec. 8, 2022
They accuse him and his powerful family, which includes several siblings who until recently held Cabinet positions, of precipitating the crisis through corruption and misrule.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
God still with man, though not with man's misrule, Never with thee, daughter of force and fraud, Mother of guile—thy refuge and thy shame!
From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Orson F. Whitney
They also want an overhaul of a system of governance, saying successive administrations since independence from Britain in 1948 have misruled the country leading to economic and social crises.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2022
Mr Kabila has misruled Congo for the past 17 years, after he took over from his father, who was shot by a bodyguard.
From Economist ● Jun. 1, 2017
It is also remarkable that Miss Suu Kyi should sit down and scribble on banknotes with a man who misruled her country for so long.
From Economist ● Dec. 10, 2015
There will be no dramatic moment of closure on the era of Muhammad Hosni al-Sayyid Mubarak, the man who ruled and misruled Egypt for 30 years before being overthrown in early 2011.
From Newsweek ● Jun. 25, 2012
It is natural to pause for a moment in this connection, and contrast the past with the present status of Spain, a country which conquered, possessed, and misruled Mexico for so long a period.
From Aztec Land by Maturin Murray Ballou
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