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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. government that is inefficient or dishonest;
[syn: misgovernment, misrule]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Misrule \Mis*rule"\, v. t. & i. To rule badly; to misgovern. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n. 1. The act, or the result, of misruling. [1913 Webster] 2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. [1913 Webster] Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Abbot of Misrule, or Lord of Misrule. See under Abbot, and Lord. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

misrule n 1: government that is inefficient or dishonest [syn: misgovernment, misrule]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "misrule": anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, bad policy, be negligent, chaos, confusion, criminal syndicalism, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disruption, distemper, fabulous formless darkness, foul-up, hassle, impolicy, inexpedience, inexpediency, license, lynch law, maladminister, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, misadminister, misadministration, misconduct, misdirect, misdirection, misfeasance, misgovern, misgovernment, misguidance, misguide, mishandle, mishandling, mismanage, mismanagement, mix-up, mob law, mob rule, mobocracy, morass, muddle, neglect, negligence, nihilism, nonfeasance, ochlocracy, omission, primal chaos, rebellion, revolution, riot, screw-up, snafu, syndicalism, tohubohu, turmoil, unruliness, wrongdoing