praetorian

also adj.

1. Of or relating to a praetor or the praetorship.
2. Praetorian Of or belonging to the Praetorian Guard.
3. Venal; corruptible: "A large praetorian bureaucracy, filled with ambitious, possessive . . . and often sycophantic people, makes work and makes trouble" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).

n.

1. A praetor or ex-praetor.
2. Praetorian A member of the Praetorian Guard.

or pretorian

(pree-TOR-ee-uhn)

adjective
Corruptible; fraudulent.

Etymology
From Latin praetor, an elected magistrate in ancient Rome

Usage
"If Nigeria is ever going to mature as a free and democratic society, the judiciary, nay, the various sitting tribunals must be ready and willing to demonstrate an unequal boldness as well as courage to curb electoral banditry by praetorian politicians that subverted the April 2007 elections." — Mike Igini; Amaechi - Error or Good Reason?; Vanguard (Apapa, Nigeria); Oct 1, 2007.

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adjective

Ruthlessly seeking personal advantage: corrupt, mercenary, venal. Informal crooked. See self/other.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - prætoriansk
n. - prætorianer

idioms:

• praetorian guard    prætorianergarden

Nederlands (Dutch)
gerelateerd aan een pretor (Romeinse rechter)

Français (French)
adj. - prétorien
n. - prétorien

idioms:

• praetorian guard    garde prétorienne

Deutsch (German)
adj. - prätorianisch
n. - Prätor, Mitglied der prätorianischen Garde

idioms:

• praetorian guard    Leibwächter des römischen Kaisers, prätorianische Garde

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj., -
n. - (ιστ.) πραιτοριανός

idioms:

• praetorian guard    αυτοκρατορική φρουρά

Italiano (Italian)
pretoriano

idioms:

• praetorian guard    guardia pretoriana

Português (Portuguese)
adj., -
n. - pretoriano

idioms:

• praetorian guard    guarda pretoriana

Русский (Russian)
преторианский

idioms:

• praetorian guard    преторианцы

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pretoriano, de Pretoria
n. - pretoriano

idioms:

• praetorian guard    guardia pretoriana

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - pretoriansk (rom.)
n. - pretorian (rom.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
执政官的, 禁卫队的, 执政官阶级的人

idioms:

• praetorian guard    古罗马禁卫军

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 執政官的, 禁衛隊的
n. - 執政官階級的人

idioms:

• praetorian guard    古羅馬禁衛軍

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 집정관의, 치안관리
n. - 친위병

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 親衛隊の

idioms:

• praetorian guard    近衛兵

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بريتوري : منسوب إلى البريتور, امبراطوري (الاسم) جندي في الحرس, الامبراطوري الروماني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של פרטור (שר צבא ברומי), עם סמכויות של פרטור‬
n. - ‮אדם בדרג של פרטור‬

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