kleptocrat

[ klep-tuh-krat ]

noun

1. a government official who is a thief or exploiter.

Example Sentences

The Kremlin kleptocrat said all the United States needs to do is let Russia keep the land already stolen and open the way for a Russia-friendly regime in Kyiv.

From Seattle Times

In 1983, Baby Doc became Trump’s first landed kleptocrat but not his last by any means.

From Salon

At the time, eight experts weighed in and Vox determined: "Call him a kleptocrat, an oligarch, a xenophobe, a racist, even an authoritarian. But he doesn't quite fit the definition of a fascist."

From Salon

There were also attempts to remove the terms "dictator" and "kleptocrat" describing the elder Marcos on Wikipedia, said Carlos Nazareno, of the Wiki Society of the Philippines, part of a movement against disinformation.

From Reuters

In recent years, these have dovetailed with white racist fantasies of Russia as an ethnically pure land of traditional religion and gender roles, symbolized by the bare-chested kleptocrat on horseback, Vladimir Putin….

From Salon