the right of the president and other senior officials of the US government to keep documents secret if making them public would cause problems for the government
Synonyms and related words
Government programmes and policies
amnesty
Balkanisation
Balkanization
executive privilege
noun uncountable
US
DEFINITIONS1
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the right of the president and other senior officials of the U.S. government to keep documents secret if making them public would cause problems for the government