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Definition of 'executive privilege'

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executive privilege

uncountable noun
Executive privilege is the right that a member of the executive branch of government has to withhold information about matters that they consider to be confidential.
[US]
So far, no documents are being withheld on grounds of executive privilege.
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executive privilege in British

(ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ)
noun
politics, US
the right of the executive branch of the US government to withhold information from the public when its disclosure would adversely affect the functioning of the government
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executive privilege in American

the right of a President to withhold from the legislature or judiciary certain important information relating to the activities of the executive
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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Used Rarely. executive privilege is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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