kleptocracy

English

Alternative forms

• cleptocracy

Etymology

klepto- +‎ -cracy

Noun

kleptocracy (plural kleptocracies)

1. A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by greed.
   • 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:

     WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.

Synonyms

• kleptarchy

Derived terms

• narcokleptocracy

Translations

corrupt and dishonest government

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 竊盜統治／窃盗统治, 窃盗统治 (qièdàotǒngzhì)

• Finnish: kleptokratia
• French: kleptocratie (fr) f
• Georgian: კლეპტოკრატია (ḳleṗṭoḳraṭia)
• German: Kleptokratie (de) f, Diebesherrschaft f
• Greek: κλεπτοκρατία (el) f (kleptokratía)
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• Hindi: क्लेप्टोक्रेसी (klepṭokresī), चोर-तंत्र (cor-tantra)
• Japanese: 泥棒政治 (どろぼうせいじ), クレプトクラシー
• Kazakh: клептократия (kleptokratiä)
• Korean: 도둑정치 (dodukjeongchi)
• Malay: kleptokrasi
• Persian: دزدسالاری (fa)
• Portuguese: cleptocracia (pt) f
• Russian: клептокра́тия (ru) f (kleptokrátija)
• Spanish: cleptocracia (es) f
• Ukrainian: клептокра́тія f (kleptokrátija)

See also

• mafia state