kleptocrats

[klep-tuh-krat]

noun

a government official who is a thief or exploiter.

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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.

Origin:
1815–20; klepto- (combining form of Greek kléptēs thief) + -cracy

Related forms

klep·to·crat [klep-tuh-krat] , noun

klep·to·crat·ic [klep-tuh-krat-ik] , adjective

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