noun
- plural of bossdom; the domains, territories, or spheres of influence controlled by bosses or powerful figures
Usage: informal; often used in political or organizational contexts
Examples
- The city's various bossdoms were carved up among competing crime families.
- Political bossdoms in the state legislature controlled most of the funding decisions.
- Each department head maintained their own bossdom with little oversight from above.
- The newspaper exposed how corporate bossdoms had divided the market among themselves.
- Local bossdoms resisted the new regulations that threatened their power.