单词 | spoils system |
释义 | > as lemmasspoils system spoils system n. the system or practice of a successful political party giving government or public offices, etc., to its supporters. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > system of appointing political supporters spoils system1839 1839 R. Mayo Polit. Sketches Eight Years in Washington 40 Mr. Jefferson..authorized a friend to compromise with the federalists for..a guarantee against the spoils system. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xxxiv. 521 The practice of dismissing Federal officials belonging to the opposite party, and appointing none but adherents of their own party to the vacant places,..is the so-called Spoils System. < as lemmas |
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