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noun
Political practices and arrangements that are unacknowledged and that intend to misinform or obfuscate a hidden agenda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: political-science, social-sciences
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noun
Collusion or collaboration between politicians and paramilitary groups (referring to the 2006 Colombian parapolitics scandal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
From para- + politics.
Borrowed from Spanish parapolítica, from paramilitar (“paramilitary”) + política (“politics”).
