kleptocratic
adjective
uk/ˌklep.təˈkræt.ɪk/us/ˌklep.toʊˈkræt̬.ɪk/(of aleader,politician,government) making themselves or itselfrichandpowerfulbystealingfrom therestof thepeople:
At thattimethecountrywasruledby anegocentrickleptocratictyrant.
Themovementwasoriginallyaimedat kleptocraticregimesinAfricaand theformerSovietstates.
(of asociety,periodoftime) in whichleadersmake themselvesrichandpowerfulbystealingfrom therestof thepeople:
HesweptintopowerinDecember2002,endinghis predecessor's kleptocraticera.
- The kleptocraticdictatorand hiscroniesstolethe country'senormousmineralwealthandrandown allgovernmentinstitutions.
- Thesefailedstatesarerunby kleptocraticwarlordssubjecttoattackbymurderousmilitias.
- Despite thedecadesof kleptocraticrule,recentpoliticalviolenceand anongoingwarin theeastof thecountry, we wereadvisedthat it wassafe.
- Thisenablesthosestatestodistracttheirownpopulationsfromtheirkleptocraticdespotism.
- At first hebroughtstabilityafter the kleptocraticchaosof the 1990s.
Powerful people & dictators
- anti-establishment
- authoritarian
- autocrat
- autocratic
- big beast
- dictatorial
- establishment
- figurehead
- grey eminence
- heavy hitteridiom
- kleptocrat
- oppressor
- plutocrat
- potentate
- power broker
- puissance
- tyrant
- voiceless
- warlord
- éminence grise
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