kleptocracyn.
/klɛpˈtɒkrəsi/ A ruling body or order of thieves. Also, government by thieves; a nation ruled by this kind of government.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > company of thieves
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of thieves
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state ruled by thieves
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1819 L. Hunt Indicator No. 12 (1822) I. 95 Titular ornaments, common to the Spanish kleptocracy.
1968 S. L. Andreski African Predicament vii. 109 The essence of kleptocracy is that the functioning of the organs of authority is determined by the mechanisms of supply and demand rather than the laws and regulations.
1971 Guardian Weekly 10 July 18 The Federal Republic of Cameroon, which he [sc. Leonard Barnes] seems to regard as one of the less wicked kleptocracies.
1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 July 740/4 The role of corruption within the [Franco] regime..and the growth of a virtual kleptocracy within the administration.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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kleptocracy
Forming words in which it has the sense ‘theft, thieving’, as kleptocracy, kleptomania.
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