Associations to the word «Misrule»

Wiktionary

MISRULE, noun. The state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy. [from 15th c.]
MISRULE, noun. Misgovernment; bad or unjust government. [from 15th c.]
MISRULE, verb. (legal) Of a trial judge, to make a bad decision in court.
MISRULE, verb. To rule badly; to misgovern.

Dictionary definition

MISRULE, noun. Government that is inefficient or dishonest.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope