English Explanatory Dictionary

debt trap diplomacy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

debt trap diplomacy debt trap diplomacies

Etymology

From debt trap + diplomacy.

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