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noun
The routine use of contractors to perform the functions of government rather than regular government employees, often with the implication that the contractors are ineffective and simply enriching themselves due to government corruption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: pejorative, usually
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History
From contract + -ocracy.
