Neocolonialism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  neocolonialism \neocolonialism\ n.
     Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or
     other less developed countries) by economic pressures. In
     contrast to {colonialism}, in which one country controls
     another territory by military force.
     [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  neocolonialism
       n : control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or
           other less developed countries) by economic pressures