misrule

Example Sentences

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His party's years in power, however, became associated with misrule and corruption.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

Just ask Haitians in Miami who have long suffered under terror and misrule, or ask the Central Americans who fled civil wars.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

"I ask for time, valuable time to rescue the country from corruption and misrule."

From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2022

“The pattern of many leaders is to be exalted in life and forgotten after death,” the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said in a eulogy that seemed to speak to a world plagued by misrule.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Although the Great Council repeatedly protested against the king’s misrule and extravagance, their remonstrances came to nothing for want of leaders and a clear-cut policy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various