parapolitics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Political practices and arrangements that are unacknowledged and that intend to misinform or obfuscate a hidden agenda.
noun
  1. Collusion or collaboration between politicians and paramilitary groups (referring to the 2006 Colombian parapolitics scandal).

Word forms

parapolitics

Etymology

From para- + politics.

Derived words

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