malapolitica

bad politics; political misconduct

noun mah-lah-poh-LEE-tee-kah Rare

Usage Note

Malapolitica is a compound of mala (bad) and politica (politics), used in Italian journalism and civic discourse to denote corrupt, incompetent, or self-serving political conduct. It is always singular and takes the feminine article la. It is a fairly recent coinage and does not appear in older dictionaries.

Examples

"La malapolitica allontana i cittadini dalle urne."

Natural Translation

Political misconduct keeps citizens away from the polls.

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