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spoils system
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spoils system
n.
The postelection practice of rewarding loyal supporters of the winning candidates and party with appointive public offices.
spoils system
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Chiefly US the practice of filling appointive public offices with friends and supporters of the ruling political party Compare merit system
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Noun1.spoils system - the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
system of rules, system - a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
merit system - the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability
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spoils system
n (US Pol) → Ämterpatronage f, → Filzokratie f (inf)
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