Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Misrule \Mis*rule"\, v. t. & i.
   To rule badly; to misgovern.

Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n.
   1. The act, or the result, of misruling.

   2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.

            Enormous riot and misrule surveyed.   --Pope.

   {Abbot}, or {Lord}, {of Misrule}. See under {Abbot}, and
      {Lord}.

Source : WordNet®

misrule
     n : government that is inefficient or dishonest [syn: {misgovernment}]