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noun
A political environment in which politicians have a tendency to switch loyalties frequently for personal gain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
From Urdu لوٹاکریسی, from لوٹا (loṭā, “lota”), + -cracy; the lota is a water pot with a shape such that it falls over very easily. The term was coined in Pakistan in the early 1990s.
