state capture

English

Noun

state capture (uncountable)

1. A type of systemic political corruption in which a small number of private businesses influence government policy to their own advantage.
   • 2018 August 13, Kimon de Greef, “Ouster of Zuma Loyalist Bolsters South Africa’s Corruption Fight”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

Further reading

• state capture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia