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Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen

Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen n. an anti-bureaucratese, anti-bafflegab campaign. Editorial Note: Ger. Verwaltungs ‘administration’ + vereinfachungs ‘reduction’ +  massnahmen ‘measures’ (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

OGA

OGA  n.— «The Taguba report described how “ghost detainees” were brought to the military police (MP) unit running several jails in Iraq by OGAs (military jargon for other government agencies, often a reference to the CIA)...

ghost detainee

ghost detainee  n.— «US military policemen moved unregistered Iraqi prisoners, known as “ghost detainees”, around an army-run jail at Abu Ghraib, in order to hide them from the Red Cross, according to a confidential military...

IDP

IDP n. a person who is a refugee or (forced) migrant within his own nation (or region). Etymological Note: internally displaced person(s) or people. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

IDP

IDP  n.— «There’s 30 to 40,000 internally displaced in Battambang—it’s the largest IDP (internally displaced people) problem since 1989.» —“Cambodian fighting closes in on key northwestern town” by Mark...