misrule
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Governmentmisrulemis‧rule /ˌmɪsˈruːl/ noun [uncountable] formalPG bad government The country has suffered years of misrule by a weak and corrupt government.Examples from the Corpusmisrule• The country may now go hungry after years of communist misrule.• Thirteen years of Tory misrule have left the Right's matrimonial affairs looking about as secure as a drunk on a unicycle.