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mission creep

noun

  1. the tendency for a task, esp a military operation, to become unintentionally wider in scope than its initial objectives
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He says the court has "taken on new powers. There's been mission creep...It does need to reform or we should leave."

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The company's blog post said it would also "undo the mission creep" of rules and policies - highlighting removal of restrictions on subjects including "immigration, gender and gender identity" - saying these have stemmed political discussion and debate.

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We could call it mission creep.

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They also never authorized most of CEQA’s judicial mission creep.

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But law enforcement agencies across Southern California and the country already employ drones for a variety of purposes, including 911 response, and skeptics warn about the risk of “mission creep” when the technology is weaponized or used for surveillance.

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