kleptocracy

klep·toc·ra·cy

noun \klep-ˈtä-krə-sē\

plural klep·toc·ra·cies

Definition of KLEPTOCRACY

: government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the expense of the governed; also : a particular government of this kind

— klep·to·crat \ˈklep-tə-ˌkrat\ noun

— klep·to·crat·ic \ˌklep-tə-ˈkra-tik\ adjective

First Known Use of KLEPTOCRACY

1819

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism