apparatchiks (en)

members of a communist party apparat (apparatus)

garrison states (en)

a state organized to serve primarily its own need for military security; also : a state maintained by military power

liens (en)

(noun, plural) a right given to another by the owner of property to secure a debt, or one created by law in favor of certain creditors

porto franco (en)

(Italian or Portuguese for "free port") a port or an area of a port in which imported goods can be held or processed free of customs duties before reexport.

ratchet effect (en)

(labor markets) when workers subject to performance pay choose to restrict their output, because they rationally anticipate that firms will respond to higher output levels by raising output requirements or cutting pay