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  • noun Plural form of quangocracy.

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Examples

  • Britain's public services, civil service and quangocracies are stuffed to the rafters with left-wing, politically-correct placemen like Blair who have tied their colours to the Labour Party's mast far too tightly for their own good.

    Telegraph Blogs 2008

  • More to the point; everything else public sector is like this: Education, Health, Social Services all has the same problems with minor variations, and it’s being loaded into the private sector as well via various quangocracies.

    Gary Newlove « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • - we resent being asked to do something for nothing to keep society together, while we see the quangocracies, kleptocracies, politicos, council officers, and banksters raking in the loot on all sides

    The Guardian World News 2010

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