spoils system

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spoils system

The postelection practice of rewarding loyal supporters of the winning candidates and party with appointive public offices.

spoils system

(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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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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