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kleptocracy
[ klep-tok-ruh-see ]
noun
, plural klep·toc·ra·cies.
- a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
kleptocracy
/ ˌklɛpˈtɒkrəsɪ /
noun
- informal.a government where officials are politically corrupt and financially self-interested
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Other Words From
- klep·to·crat [klep, -t, uh, -krat], noun
- klep·to·crat·ic [klep-t, uh, -, krat, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kleptocracy1
1815–20; klepto- (combining form of Greek kléptēs thief) + -cracy
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kleptocracy1
C20: from klepto ( mania ) + -cracy
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Example Sentences
Proceeds from its North Sea drilling rigs will insure corruption and kleptocracy on a Nigerian scale.
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How about staging large-scale NATO military maneuvers at the border and freezing the assets of the kleptocracy?
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Indeed, a condition of rampant, endemic political corruption is known as a “kleptocracy”—literally, “rule by thieves.”
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But no political parties are immune to the infection of kleptocracy in Ukraine.
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For many dissidents, the video was clear-cut proof that Burma has become a military kleptocracy.
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