English Dictionary

odious debt

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(international law) The national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, and thus considered to be a personal debt of the regime and not a debt of the state.

日本語の意味

国際法上の概念で、不正な目的（国民の利益にかなわない目的）のためにある政権が負った国家債務。これは、国家全体の債務ではなく、その政権または支配者個人に帰する不当な債務とみなされるもの。

Many activists argued that the debts accumulated by the former dictator constituted odious debt and should not be enforced by the new government.

多くの活動家は、元独裁者が積み上げた債務は政権の私的利益のために負った不当な国家債務に当たり、新政府はこれを履行すべきではないと主張した。

意味（1）

(international law) The national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, and thus considered to be a personal debt of the regime and not a debt of the state.

odious debts （ plural ）