Usually means: Systematic racial segregation and discrimination.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation in South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
noun:  (by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation or segregation and discrimination, particularly when in favor of a minority rule.
noun:  (by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
verb:  To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.

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