misgovern
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Rather than occupy hostile territories, powerful countries prefer to exert influence from across the border while letting the foreign population misgovern itself.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2014
For the sake of dishonorable peace they leave these native states to misgovern themselves and stink to high heaven!
From Rung Ho! by Talbot Mundy
For, to misgovern well, one must open his purse as often as he forces the purses of others.
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
National monarchy meant national wars and the right of national churches to misgovern themselves according to their several inclinations.
From Medieval Europe by H. W. C. (Henry William Carless) Davis
I am an American in my principles, and wish we could let them alone, to govern or misgovern themselves as they think proper.
From The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn by Henry P. Johnston
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