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kleptocratic

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klep·toc·ra·cy  (klp-tkr-s)
n. pl. klep·toc·ra·cies
A government characterized by rampant greed and corruption.
[Greek kleptein, to steal + -cracy.]
klepto·crat (-t-krt) n.
klepto·cratic adj.
kleptocratic [ˌklɛptəʊˈkrætɪk]
adj
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (of a government, state, etc.) characterized by corruption amongst those in power


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Intervention in British Guiana: A Cold War Story, by Stephen Rabe, was to condemn independent Guyana to the kleptocratic racist dictatorship of Forbes Burnham, which lasted two decades.
From the Halls of Montezuma .. by Pal, Amitabh / The Progressive
Sol Sanders, who has covered Asia as a journalist for three decades, confirms the full dimensions of the ongoing financial mania in China, a kleptocratic free-for-all which makes the asset grab by communist officials after the fall of the Soviet Union seem polite by comparison.
The next great pyramid game: a disturbing inside peek at China's ... by Whalen, Christopher / The International Economy
Even more ominous are signs of the development of a kleptocratic state in Iraq where ruling elites' principal motive for entering the government is to rob the state of resources.
The business of insurgency: the expansion of Iraq's shadow economy by Looney, Robert E. / The National Interest
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