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die Willkür (no pl.)
   arbitrariness, capriciousness; despotism, arbitrary use of power

Das war ein Akt der Willkür.
That was a despotic act. (…an arbitrary act.)
Dokumente entlarven Willkür bei Gorleben-Wahl
Documents expose arbitrariness in the choice of Gorleben [as a nuclear waste site]
Das ist reinste Willkür. / Das ist die reine Willkür.
That is purely arbitrary.

Related:
der Willkürakt act of caprice, despotic act
willkürlich abritrary, capricious, autocratic; voluntary
die Willkürherrschaft tyranny, despotic rule
die Willkürmaßnahme arbitrary measure

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