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bread and circuses

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bread and circuses
pl.n.
Offerings, such as benefits or entertainments, intended to placate discontent or distract attention from a policy or situation.
[Translation of Latin pnem et circnss, a phrase coined by the Roman poet Juvenal : pnem, accusative singular of pnis, bread + et, and + circnss, circus games.]


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