cronyism
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
cronyism
- Favoritism to friends without regard for their qualifications, especially by appointing them to political positions.
- cot en
- 2013, Randall G. Holcombe and Andrea M. Castillo, Liberalism and Cronyism: Two Rival Political and Economic Systems, Mercatus Center at George Mason University (ISBN 9780989219303)
- Because of this centralized command structure, communist societies fall prey to the forces of cronyism and influence-peddling as commune members without economic power curry favor with commune leaders that control access to resources.
- 2015, Thomas J. Gradel, Dick Simpson, Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality, University of Illinois Press (ISBN 9780252097034), page 117:
- Patronage, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, and criminal activity flourish, sometimes for decades, in numerous town halls, police stations, and special-purpose government agencies in the suburbs.
- French: copinage
- German: Vetternwirtschaft
- Italian: nepotismo
- Portuguese: amiguismo
- Russian: блат
- Spanish: amiguismo, enchufismo
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