midnight appointment
noun1
Government, Politics The appointment of a new person to a role by the existing holder of the role, very shortly before leaving office.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
noun
Government, Politics The appointment of a new person to a role by the existing holder of the role, very shortly before leaving office.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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