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mission creep
noun
- the tendency for a task, esp a military operation, to become unintentionally wider in scope than its initial objectives
Example Sentences
He says the court has "taken on new powers. There's been mission creep...It does need to reform or we should leave."
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.
We could call it mission creep.
They also never authorized most of CEQAâs judicial mission creep.
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 âmission creepâ when the technology is weaponized or used for surveillance.
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