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Estacode

Estacode
 n.— «What there wasn’t was any attention to the Estacode which governs the lives of senior civil servants and says you must never accept gifts from those with whom you have official connections.» —“The fall of the houses of Poulson” by David McKie Guardian (U.K.) Feb. 4, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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