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mis·rule

   [mis-rool] noun, verb, mis·ruled, mis·rul·ing.
noun
1.
bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
2.
disorder or lawlessness.
verb (used with object)
3.
to misgovern.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English misreulen (v.), misreule (noun). See mis-1, rule

Related forms
mis·rul·er, noun
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misrule (ˌmɪsˈruːl)
 
—vb
1.  (tr) to govern inefficiently or without humanity or justice
 
—n
2.  inefficient or inhumane government
3.  disorder

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misrule
1399, "bad government of a state;" see mis- (1) + rule. Meaning "disorderly conduct or living" is from c.1400, obsolete except in Lord of Misrule, one chosen to preside over Christmas games in a great house (1491).
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