parapolitics

noun

1. Collusion or collaboration between politicians and paramilitary groups (referring to the 2006 Colombian parapolitics scandal).

   uncountable

   And parapolitics risks weakening Mr [Álvaro] Uribe's grip on Congress. A tax reform that would have raised government revenues has been watered down.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish parapolítica, from paramilitar (“paramilitary”) + política (“politics”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry parapolitics (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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