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  2. Graft (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Graft, as understood in American English, is a form of political corruption defined as the unscrupulous use of a politician's authority for personal gain. Political graft occurs when funds intended for public projects are intentionally misdirected in order to maximize the benefits to private interests.

  3. Kleptocracy - Wikipedia

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    The effects of a kleptocratic regime or government on a nation are typically adverse in regards to the welfare of the state's economy, political affairs, and civil rights. Kleptocratic governance typically ruins prospects of foreign investment and drastically weakens the domestic market and cross-border trade.

  4. Political corruption - Wikipedia

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    Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their ... patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement. Corruption may ...

  5. Corruption - Wikipedia

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    The political act of "graft" (American English), is a well known and now global form of political corruption, being the unscrupulous and illegal use of a politician's authority for personal gain, when funds intended for public projects are intentionally misdirected in order to maximize the benefits to illegally private interests of the ...

  6. Corruption in local government - Wikipedia

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    Forms of corruption pertaining to money like bribery, extortion, embezzlement, and graft are found in local government systems. Other forms of political corruption are nepotism and patronage systems. One historical example was the Black Horse Cavalry, a group of New York state legislators accused of blackmailing corporations.

  7. Glossary of American politics - Wikipedia

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    Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...

  8. Graft - Wikipedia

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    Transplant (disambiguation), including some senses meaning a type of graft; All pages with titles beginning with Grafting; All pages with titles beginning with Graft; All pages with titles containing grafting; All pages with titles containing graft; Cross-link, in some literature linking of chemicals to surface is named as grafting

  9. Category:Political terminology - Wikipedia

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    Left–right political spectrum; Left-wing politics; Left-wing populism; Legal constitution; Legislative session; LGBTQ wing; Linguistic prescription; List of political metaphors; List of politically motivated renamings; Lobbying; Locust (ethnic slur) Logrolling; Lookism; Loss of supply; Low information voter; Lulism; Lustration; Lysenkoism