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Word: caciquismo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1965-1965
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Usage:

...prospering electorate. The politicians got the word soon after Gustavo Diaz Ordaz' inauguration as President last December. A stern moralist ap palled by mismanagement and corruption in the government, Diaz picked eloquent, hard-driving Carlos Madrazo, 49, to head P.R.I. and rid it of crookedness and caciquismo (bossism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico: Into the Daylight | 4/23/1965 | See Source »

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