misrule

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He later resigned over accusations of corruption and misrule.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024

"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

But Filipinos seemed ready to embrace their democratic rights and move on from Marcos’s misrule.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2022

He was obliged to correct twenty years of misrule, or rather no rule, and he courageously gave the remainder of his life to the task.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard