command and control
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The management of a polity's economic and political resources by state officials themselves, rather than by more democratic or spontaneous means.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ""American police simply were not prepared for the challenge that they faced in terms of planning, logistics, training and police command-and-control supervision," said Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a nonprofit that advises departments on management and tactics."
- "command-and-control economy"