nepotism

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The tinpot dictator of Podunk-on-the-Tundra has a long record of corruption, nepotism, and abuse of power.

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  1. noun Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business.

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  • Mitchell's commission was almost coincident with the retirement of Sir David Dundas from the post of Commander-in-Chief and the assumption of that post by the Duke of York, whose administration became notorious for patronage, nepotism, and inefficient, if not corrupt, administration. —  Thomas Mitchell
  • ‘I had the token employment in a prime office for a large salary with my father…and lived with the accusation of nepotism, the snide, behind-my-back innuendos from his associates and fellow staff.’ He recognized the challenge, the need to succeed, and silently applauded it…and her. —  PurchasedByTheBillionaire
  • I bet the culprit here is cronyism, nepotism, and a host of other 'isms'. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Max Weber called authoritarian regimes distinguished by patronage, nepotism, and cronyism “sultanistic. †This label captures the tendency for Putin†™ s friends, former colleagues, or aides to control most of the “state corporations†and ostensibly private companies majority-owned by the state. —  Robert Amsterdam
  • All they seem to care about (at least to this YANKEE) is nepotism, scratching backs, some kind of job (nothing union, with better wages & benefits, because they don't have any "fight" or guts in them), so it's OK, whatever "da bossman say." —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
 

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  1. French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from nepote, nephew, from Latin nepōs, nepōt-; see nepōt- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French nepotisme = Spanish Portuguese It, nepotismo, from New Latin nepotismus, from Latin nepos (nepot-), a grandson, a nephew: see nephew.
 

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/ˈnɛpətɪzm/
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