Meaning of PRAETORIAN

Pronunciation:			pree'towreeun
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[adj]  characteristic of Praetorian soldiers in respect to corruption or political venality; "a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr. [adj]  of or relating to a Roman praetor; "praetorial powers"
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	Synonyms:		corrupt, praetorial, pretorial, pretorian, pretorian
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Pr[ae]*to"ri*an\, a. See {Pretorian}.