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spoils system Definition

☆ spoils system

noun

the system or practice of regarding and treating appointive public offices as the booty of the successful party in an election, to be distributed, with their opportunities for profit, among party workers

spoils system Synonyms

spoils system

n.

corruption, party politics, corrupt practices; see corruption 2.

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