kleptocracynoun [ C ]
uk/ˌklepˈtɒk.rə.si/us/ˌklepˈtɑː.krə.si/a society whose leaders make themselves rich and powerful by stealing from the rest of the people:
This was not a democracy; it was a kleptocracy.
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