misrule

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

misrule
    n 1: government that is inefficient or dishonest [syn:
         {misgovernment}, {misrule}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Misrule \Mis*rule"\, v. t. & i.
   To rule badly; to misgovern.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n.
   1. The act, or the result, of misruling.
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   2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.
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            Enormous riot and misrule surveyed.   --Pope.
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   {Abbot of Misrule}, or {Lord of Misrule}. See under {Abbot},
      and {Lord}.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "misrule":
      anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, bad policy,
      be negligent, chaos, confusion, criminal syndicalism, disorder,
      disorderliness, disorganization, disruption, distemper,
      fabulous formless darkness, foul-up, hassle, impolicy,
      inexpedience, inexpediency, license, lynch law, maladminister,
      maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, misadminister,
      misadministration, misconduct, misdirect, misdirection,
      misfeasance, misgovern, misgovernment, misguidance, misguide,
      mishandle, mishandling, mismanage, mismanagement, mix-up, mob law,
      mob rule, mobocracy, morass, muddle, neglect, negligence, nihilism,
      nonfeasance, ochlocracy, omission, primal chaos, rebellion,
      revolution, riot, screw-up, snafu, syndicalism, tohubohu, turmoil,
      unruliness, wrongdoing