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divide_and_rule

divide and rule

English

Verb

divide and rule

(politics) To gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy.

Synonyms

divide and conquer

Translations

Divide and conquer

Dutch: divide et impera, deel en heers, verdeel en heers
Finnish: hajota ja hallitse
Georgian: დაყავი და იბატონე (ka) ‎(daq̇avi da ibaṭone)
German: Teile und herrsche
Greek: διαίρει και βασίλευε (el) ‎(diaírei kai vasíleve)
Icelandic: deila og drottna
Korean: 분열시키고 지배한다 ‎(bunyeolsikigo jibaehanda)

Lithuanian: skaldyk ir valdyk
Persian: تفرقه بینداز و حکومت کن ‎(tafraqe biyandâz o hokumat kon)
Portuguese: dividir e governar
Russian: разделя́й и вла́ствуй ‎(razdeljáj i vlástvuj)
Tajik: тафрақа андозу ҳукумат кун ‎(tafraqa andozu hukumat kun)