Kleptocrat Definition & Meaning

Other Words from kleptocracy

kleptocrat \ ˈklep-tə-ˌkrat

\ noun

kleptocratic \ ˌklep-tə-ˈkra-tik

\ adjective

Examples of kleptocracy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But the same system that enables kleptocracy abroad has also made Western democracies less accountable and more susceptible to corruption. — Ankush Khardori, The New Republic, 6 May 2022 Crucially, some corporations that until the start of the invasion were willing to sacrifice principles to operate in a lawless kleptocracy have made their break with Putin. — Alexandra Wrage, Forbes, 5 May 2022 The sanctions are designed to punish the kleptocracy behind the two-month war by cutting off access to wealth, property and luxury hiding places. — Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022 Newman understands how kleptocracy and oligarchic excess — both in Russia and in the West — repel and attract us in 2022. — Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2022 The staggering, yet seemingly inexplicable, wealth of such families in Putin’s world, experts say, boils down to a single concept: kleptocracy. — CNN, 12 Apr. 2022 Putin’s rule is a transnational criminal enterprise and should be treated much in the same way that the U.S. has approached Venezuela’s kleptocracy. — Nate Sibley, National Review, 23 Feb. 2022 There’s also been great reporting about the Russian kleptocracy, [or corrupt government]. — Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2022 Richard Evans, a historian of the Nazi kleptocracy, points out that the party’s ideological grip on millions of minds was its real power. — WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022 See More

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