state capture en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) A type of systemic political corruption in which a small number of private businesses influence government policy to their own advantage.
Among his more notable and criticized decisions was declining to charge officials linked to allegations of state capture by the Guptas, an Indian business family with close ties to Mr. Zuma.
2018 August 13, Kimon de Greef, “Ouster of Zuma Loyalist Bolsters South Africa’s Corruption Fight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Relateds
petrostate · elite capture · regulatory capture · corpocracy · narcostate