rotten borough in Japanese

rotten borough in Japanese is 腐敗選挙区.

rotten borough in Japanese

腐敗選挙区

noun

(historical) A parliamentary borough that was represented in Parliament although the number of voters had diminished so greatly that they were largely controlled by the main landowner; such boroughs were abolished in the 19th century. [from mid 18th c.]

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