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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ripper act

· Rip·per act · IPA
01 An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments…
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    An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials.[Polit. Cant, U. S.]