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- noun Plural form of
thugocracy .
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Examples
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I mean, who do they think they are, running a free country right there in the midst of 30 or so totalitarian thugocracies?
Zelaya tortured by hallucinogenic gas, Jews*. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Through aid and trade, the West has enabled these thugocracies to flourish in Africa and repress Africans.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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Through aid and trade, the West has enabled these thugocracies to flourish in Africa and repress Africans.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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One senior, unnamed member of the Bush administration describes the alternative justice system originally proposed by Sinn Féin in the run up to St Andrews as "autonomous thugocracies" and a "scandal".
Tony Blair's 'naivete' risked Northern Ireland peace deal 2010
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In third world thugocracies the governments typically set the countries on a path toward hyperinflation after bullying opponents, whistle blowers, and businesses into silence.
Is it Chicagoland Politics or Creatures From the Third World Lagoon? - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009
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In Chicagoland politics, like third world thugocracies, opponents of government get gunned down, thrown in jail, threatened by the powers of government, etc.
Is it Chicagoland Politics or Creatures From the Third World Lagoon? - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009
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A "conference" bankrolled by Saudi money, organised by Cuba and Libya - all well known gangster led practitioners of anti-democracy, intolerance, terror, islamism or hatred - could only have one inevitable result - that of the Iranian Fuerher calling for The Final Solution Part II, backed by the massed cheering of thugocracies worldwide.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The only way to get things done in such thugocracies is to arm democratic forces, threaten to invade if the gov't kills or otherwise represses such peaceful still unarmed forces, or you invade and kill the bad guys and their armed thugs.
"Dramatic advances in public attitudes are sweeping Iraq..." Ann Althouse 2009
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One must wonder these days if the Democrats are wrapping themselves around Chicagoland rough and tumble politics, or are they wrapping themselves around the politics of hyper-inflation experiencing third world thugocracies.
Is it Chicagoland Politics or Creatures From the Third World Lagoon? - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009
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And what makes me think this is more third world thugocracy that your basic Chicago cement shoes, is that in thugocracies, in addition to rounding up political opponents, throwing them in jail, harming businesses, or putting bullets in heads via hired hit men, the thugocracy also seeks to deny the opposition basic services — something that does not happen in Chicago.
Is it Chicagoland Politics or Creatures From the Third World Lagoon? - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009
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