fiefdom

(fēfdəm)

noun

  1. fief
  2. anything under a person's complete control or authority

See fiefdom in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The estate or domain of a feudal lord.
  2. Something over which one dominant person or group exercises control: “long the independent head of a powerful fiefdom within the Police Department” (David Burnham).

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