Definition of MISRULE

Examples of misrule in a Sentence

Verb

accused of misruling his island nation to the point of economic collapse

Noun

The people of that country have endured many years of misrule. the country's long period of misrule had made it a hotbed for terrorist organizations

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

The Zaire of the 1970s had already started a long, steady descent under Mobutu’s misrule that led to its economic collapse and civil war two decades later. — The Economist, "Sticky fingersThe dictators who ruined Africa," 11 Jan. 2018 The power is the right to misrule a country without concern for the general welfare of nations or its own citizens. — Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, "Refusing to honor fear," 4 Sep. 2017

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

But for decades, DR Congo has been dogged by corruption, misrule by its leaders and violent ethnic conflicts. — Lekan Oguntoyinbo, Quartz Africa, "More African migrants are trying to enter the US through the Mexican border," 23 June 2019 Get our daily newsletter Together these encapsulated why the Russian world remains so fascinating and essential a subject—the geographical and moral scale, the grotesque suffering and misrule, the bravery, the ideas and the impact on everybody else. — A.d.m., The Economist, "The agony and the ecstasy of Russian culture," 14 June 2019 Famished subjects rail against their country’s misrule. — The Economist, "George Benjamin’s defence of opera," 17 May 2018 Many of South Africa’s recent economic travails have been the direct result of the nine-year misrule of the former president Jacob Zuma, who presided over the moral collapse and debasement of the ANC. — Peter Godwin, WSJ, "Mandela’s Troubled Legacy," 13 July 2018 Venezuela’s implosion and Nicaragua’s misrule and growing violence threaten to reverse this progress and destabilize the region. — Margarita Herdocia, Time, "Nicaragua Is Heading Down the Same Dark Path as Venezuela," 13 June 2018 But this seems to have lost much of its appeal after 14 years of misrule by Shia religious parties. — The Economist, "Fifteen years after America’s invasion, Iraq is getting back on its feet," 28 Mar. 2018 Thirty-seven years of misrule by the ZANU-PF had made many citizens mistrustful. — Karan Mahajan, The New Republic, "After the Strongman," 26 Mar. 2018 The violence in northern Sinai, stoked by years of Egyptian misrule and the emergence of radical extremist groups in the region, shows little sign of waning. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "Israel’s growing ties with former Arab foes," 5 Feb. 2018

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