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kleptocratic, a.
Brit. |ˌklɛptə(ʊ)ˈkratɪk|, U.S. |ˌklɛptəˈkrædɪk|
[‹ klepto- comb. form + -cratic comb. form. Compare earlier kleptocracy n.]
Of, designating, or relating to a kleptocracy.
1914Science 30 Jan. 156/1 The exploitation of children, sex slavery, industrial servitude, kleptocratic classes, have become wanton and intolerable. 1938Sci. Monthly Jan. 82 Scientific men have come in the main from the kleptocratic classes or have been absorbed into these classes. 1996Guardian 7 Oct. ii. 8/2 The tales these drivers tell are of Islamic fundamentalism, kleptocratic governments and life in the refugee gulag. 2001Business Week 12 Nov. 70/1 After a decade of robber baron capitalism that burned Western investors, these bosses now say that kleptocratic practices proved a dead end for a country with an annual gross domestic product of $300 billion. |