Wasta

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood

    "The number of those traveling to the US during summer may definitely have gone down, but if one can hook onto a wasta, one could get into the queue of applicants without having to get up early in the morning."

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connectionsconnectionscronyismnepotism

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"The number of those traveling to the US during summer may definitely have gone down, but if one can hook onto a wasta, one could get into the queue of applicants without having to get up early in the morning."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa)

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