deep state

[deep stayt]

noun

1. a group of unelected officials in government agencies or private organizations who are believed by some to be secretly exerting undue or illegal influence on government policy.

Example Sentences

The party rejects the allegations, saying it is safeguarding "stability" in the country of four million while a Western "deep state" seeks to drag it into the war in Ukraine with the help of opposition parties.

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Who were “they”? “The . . . real-estate establishment—what I define as the ruling class or the ‘deep state’ version of New York City.”

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Georgian Dream rejects the allegations, saying it is safeguarding "stability" in the country of four million while a Western "deep state" seeks to drag the country into the war in Ukraine with the help of opposition parties.

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For years, his perversions have been an obsession among those, mainly on the right, who believe a “deep state” cover-up has protected the rich and powerful who partnered with women procured by Epstein.

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Russ Vought, the president’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, plays the grim reaper in an AI video shared by the president, featuring him roving Washington for bureaucrats to cut from the deep state during the shutdown.

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