Spoils system and System of rules

Spoils system noun - The system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power.

System of rules and spoils system are semantically related. In some cases you can use "System of rules" instead a noun phrase "Spoils system".

System of rules noun - A complex of methods or rules governing behavior.

Spoils system and system of rules are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Spoils system" with "System of rules", this phrases are similar.