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kleptocrat
[ klep-tuh-krat ]
noun
- a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
Example Sentences
Last month, the daughter of Angola's former president was described by the UK government as a "notorious kleptocrat" and slapped with an asset freeze and travel ban for allegedly siphoning wealth out of oil-rich Angola.
The Kremlin kleptocrat said all the United States needs to do is let Russia keep the land already stolen and open the way for a Russia-friendly regime in Kyiv.
In 1983, Baby Doc became Trump’s first landed kleptocrat but not his last by any means.
At the time, eight experts weighed in and Vox determined: "Call him a kleptocrat, an oligarch, a xenophobe, a racist, even an authoritarian. But he doesn't quite fit the definition of a fascist."
There were also attempts to remove the terms "dictator" and "kleptocrat" describing the elder Marcos on Wikipedia, said Carlos Nazareno, of the Wiki Society of the Philippines, part of a movement against disinformation.
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