misrule

Example Sentences

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As a new year starts, he and his supporters want this to be a turning point for the country, which is trying to recover from devastating economic crisis and years of misrule.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

Lawmaker Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, first deputy head of the parliamentary committee on anti-corruption policy, said the shakeup partly sought to demonstrate that Kyiv saw cracking down on misrule as a key element of its Western integration.

From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2023

They accuse him and his powerful family that included several siblings holding top government positions of plunging the country into the crisis through corruption and misrule.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2022

But Filipinos seemed ready to embrace their democratic rights and move on from Marcos’s misrule.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2022

Wars, intestine commotions, and misrule have too frequently prevented the local authorities from paying proper attention to measures of public salubrity.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)