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divide and conquer/rule
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divide and conquer/rule
a way of keeping yourself in a position of power by making the people under you disagree with each other so that they are unable to join together and remove you from your position. A small minority have continued to govern by a policy of divide and conquer.
See also: conquer, divide, rule
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Is Dennis Erickson's grand plan to divide and conquer the Pac-10 one team at a time -- by coaching each one of 'em?
IN QUEST OF THE ANSWER by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Look to your co-workers to cover the balance of the communities--a sort of divide and conquer mentality.
A place of one's own by Noella, Lyne / California CPA
It's been able to divide and conquer like never before.
Destabilization 101 by Rothschild, Matthew / The Progressive
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