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kleptocracy

Noun

Meaning

kleptocracy (plural kleptocracies)

A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by greed.
Synonyms: corruptocracy, kleptarchy

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

He acts as a consummate demagogue, fabulist, and ultranationalist, and he appears to have a strong inclination for nepotism and kleptocracy. Source: Internet

Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, published 30 September 2014, by Karen Dawisha. Source: Internet

The uncomfortable truth is that initially we were an oligarchy that eventually morphed into our current kleptocracy of parasites feeding off the carcass of the administrative state for personal gain. Source: Internet

And as 21st-century America’s own capitalist democracy disintegrates, replaced by a naked kleptocracy that disdains the rule of law, the struggle of past anti-fascists mirrors our own. Source: Internet

America’s slide into kleptocracy has bipartisan roots. Source: Internet

Even by the standards of elite kleptocracy in Africa, this was a huge sum in the twilight of the Goodluck Jonathan era. Source: Internet

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