thugocracyn.
/θʌɡˈɒkrəsi/, U.S. /ˌθəɡˈɑkrəsi/ Government by thugs; a society in which thugs hold power or a nation ruled by this kind of government. Also: a ruling body or order of thugs.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > other ruling classes or groups
stratocracy1652
Praetorian Guard1735
oligarchy1823
vampirarchy1823
hierocracy1828
gerontocracy1830
Whigocracy1831
plantocracy1839
mediocracy1845
squattocracy1846
snobocracy1853
pedantocracy1856
foolocracy1859
thugocracy1896
pigmentocracy1949
xenocracy1965
1896 Vogue 16 Apr. p. xviii/1 One potential cause of the widespread criminal education which has resulted in a ‘thugocracy’, to coin a word that appears to fit the case, is the criminal education of children.
1957 Evening Democrat (Fort Madison, Iowa) 3 June 4/1 If strong counter measures are not taken soon, we may be compelled to acknowledge that a new kind of government has been born—thugocracy.
2020 NewsDay (Zimbabwe) (Nexis) 17 June You are presiding over a thugocracy, Sir, and you have done, all in one week, what other dictators will spend years planning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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