Misrule

/mɪsɹˈuːl/

/mɪsˈɹuɫ/

Misrule

government that is inefficient or dishonest

Examples

1. It’s the Lord of Misrule here for bubbly delight.

2. In January, 1866, Bismarck accused Austria of misrule in Holstein.

3. Lush’s Lord of Misrule originally started as a bath bomb with a wine-colored center to throw back to these intoxicated parties.

4. This country has become stymied in corruption, in nepotism and in misrule.