oligarchic
adjective
ol·i·gar·chic
ˌä-lə-ˈgär-kik 
ˌō-
variants
or oligarchical
: of, relating to, or based on an oligarchy
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The Putin regime is imperialist and oligarchic, dependent for its existence on propaganda that claims that all the world is ever such.
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Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
That may have deeper consequences at a time when Fico’s opponents are warning of his efforts to tighten his grip on power and undermine checks and balances in the furtherance of his interests and those of a set of oligarchic allies.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Some in Ukraine also fear the oligarchs will be replaced by a new oligarchic system emerging from the wartime concentration of power around the government.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
Because the United States opted not to engage in large-scale redistribution of land, families that collaborated with colonial authorities retain oligarchic control over the soil and dominate the political sphere.
—Peter S. Goodman Jes Aznar, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
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Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
That may have deeper consequences at a time when Fico’s opponents are warning of his efforts to tighten his grip on power and undermine checks and balances in the furtherance of his interests and those of a set of oligarchic allies.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Some in Ukraine also fear the oligarchs will be replaced by a new oligarchic system emerging from the wartime concentration of power around the government.
—Constant Méheut, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
Because the United States opted not to engage in large-scale redistribution of land, families that collaborated with colonial authorities retain oligarchic control over the soil and dominate the political sphere.
—Peter S. Goodman Jes Aznar, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
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“Oligarchic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oligarchic. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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