State capture

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  1. 1
    A type of systemic political corruption in which a small number of private businesses influence government policy to their own advantage. uncountable

    "Among his more notable and criticized decisions was declining to charge officials linked to allegations of state capture by the Guptas, an Indian business family with close ties to Mr. Zuma."

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"Among his more notable and criticized decisions was declining to charge officials linked to allegations of state capture by the Guptas, an Indian business family with close ties to Mr. Zuma."

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