[ noun ] government that is inefficient or dishonest <noun.act>
Misrule \Mis*rule"\, v. t. & i. To rule badly; to misgovern.
Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n. 1. The act, or the result, of misruling.
2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.
Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. --Pope.
{Abbot of Misrule}, or {Lord of Misrule}. See under {Abbot}, and {Lord}.
The final years of Noriega's reign deflated Panama's gross national product by 20 percent through corruption and misrule, Vallarino charged.
But overall the flow of investment has been a disappointment. It should not, however, really be surprising after 40 years of communist misrule.
The Salvadoran militants don't want to hear about the hundreds of thousands who have been demonstrating in Prague for the past two months demanding an end to 40 years of misrule.