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state capture

state capture noun: a type of systemic political corruption in which a small number of private businesses influence government policy to their own advantage.

Noun

state capture (uncountable)

  1. A type of systemic political corruption in which a small number of private businesses influence government policy to their own advantage.
    • Among his more notable and criticized decisions was declining to charge officials linked to allegations of state capture by the Guptas, an Indian business family with close ties to Mr. Zuma.2018 August 13, Kimon de Greef, “Ouster of Zuma Loyalist Bolsters South Africa’s Corruption Fight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about state capture

What does state capture mean?
State capture means a type of systemic political corruption in which a small number of private businesses influence government policy to their own advantage.
What part of speech is state capture?
State capture is a noun.

Words near state capture in the dictionary

  1. state bond
  2. state bonds
  3. state capitalism
  4. state capitalisms
  5. state capitalist
  6. state capture
  7. state church
  8. state churches
  9. State College
  10. State Department
  11. state diagram

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