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debt trap diplomacy

debt trap diplomacy noun: a nation's use of predatory loans in order to gain leverage in relations with the recipient country or to seize assets within the indebted country.

Noun

debt trap diplomacy (plural debt trap diplomacies)

  1. A nation's use of predatory loans in order to gain leverage in relations with the recipient country or to seize assets within the indebted country.

debt trap diplomacy meaning in Vietnamese

debt trap diplomacy in Vietnamese

a nation's use of predatory loans
ngoại giao bẫy nợ

Forms of debt trap diplomacy

pluraldebt trap diplomacies

Origin of debt trap diplomacy

From debt trap + diplomacy.

Questions about debt trap diplomacy

What does debt trap diplomacy mean?
Debt trap diplomacy means a nation's use of predatory loans in order to gain leverage in relations with the recipient country or to seize assets within the indebted country.
What is debt trap diplomacy in Vietnamese?
Debt trap diplomacy in Vietnamese is ngoại giao bẫy nợ. See Debt trap diplomacy meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is debt trap diplomacy?
Debt trap diplomacy is a noun.
What is the plural of debt trap diplomacy?
The plural of debt trap diplomacy is debt trap diplomacies.

Words near debt trap diplomacy in the dictionary

  1. debt slaveries
  2. debt slavery
  3. debt slaves
  4. debt trap
  5. debt trap diplomacies
  6. debt trap diplomacy
  7. debt traps
  8. debt-financed
  9. debt-for-nature
  10. debt-free
  11. debt-laden

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