English-Dutch translations for hotbed

broeinestHet Europees Parlement, zoals vertegenwoordigd door veel Parlementariërs, is een broeinest van fraude. The European Parliament, as represented by many MEPs, is a hotbed of fraud. Zoals is gebleken uit de gebeurtenissen van de afgelopen weken, blijft Pakistan een broeinest van terrorisme en extremisme. As events in the last few weeks have shown, Pakistan remains a hotbed of terrorism and extremism. Davos was geen broeinest van neoliberalisme, noch was Porto Alegre simpelweg een anti-Davos-demonstratie. Davos was not a hotbed of neo-liberalism, nor was Porto Alegre simply an anti-Davos demonstration.

A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants, like a miniature hothouse
An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable
An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool

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