Meaning of divide and conquer | Babel Free
Definitions
To use a combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim 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.
Equivalents
العربية
فَرِّق تَسُد
Deutsch
teile und herrsche
Français
diviser pour mieux régner
Italiano
dividi e domina
日本語
分割統治
한국어
분열시킨 뒤에 정복한다
Português
dividir e conquistar
Русский
разделя́й и вла́ствуй
Svenska
söndra och härska
Tiếng Việt
chia để trị
Examples
“It added that it can't begin pay talks without permission from Transport Scotland, and then cited a TSSA union survey of ScotRail that suggested that most of its members were against strikes, instead preferring job security rather than a pay rise. This prompted the TSSA to accuse ScotRail of trying to divide and conquer.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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