parapolitics

== English == === Etymology 1 === From para- +‎ politics. ==== Noun ==== parapolitics (uncountable) (political science) Political practices and arrangements that are unacknowledged and that intend to misinform or obfuscate a hidden agenda. ===== Derived terms ===== parapolitical === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish parapolítica, from paramilitar (“paramilitary”) +‎ política (“politics”). ==== Noun ==== parapolitics (uncountable) Collusion or collaboration between politicians and paramilitary groups (referring to the 2006 Colombian parapolitics scandal). === Further reading === Parapolitics (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia