e/Preventive repression

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has gloss	eng: Preventive repression is political repression of political opponents before they actually carry out any activities that would threaten the current political system. The term was used to describe the political methods of the Paraguay caudillo Stroessner, whose methods of "nipping in the bud" the possibilities of any real or imagined unrest were reported at a 1972 Inter-American Defense Board meeting of US and Latin American military.
lexicalization	eng: Preventive repression
instance of	c/Political terms