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kleptocratic

 

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Kleptocratic

Definition:

A word used to describe a government or system that is characterized by rampant corruption and the theft of public funds by those in power.


Sample Sentences:

Adjective:

The citizens lived under the oppressive rule of a kleptocratic government, where their hard-earned money was constantly siphoned off for personal gain.

In a kleptocratic regime, the ruling elite shamelessly exploits their positions of power to amass wealth for themselves at the expense of the general population.

Noun:

The kleptocrats running the country's administration have looted billions of dollars all for themselves, leaving the economy in ruins.

Under the insidious rule of the kleptocracy, the country's development projects were nothing but opportunities for pocketing public funds.


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