regulatory captures

A form of regulatory capture — The situation where a regulatory agency, created by government to act in the public interest, instead advances the commercial or political concerns of special interest groups that dominate the affected industry or sector.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of regulatory capture
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