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kleptarchy

kleptarchy noun: kleptocracy; rule by one or more thieves.

Noun

kleptarchy (plural kleptarchies)

  1. Kleptocracy; rule by one or more thieves.
    • First, there is this great outstanding fact: that from the day of our independence the soul of the American people has been growing more and more democratic, and where the spirit of democracy is, whatever the institutional maladjustment, even a kleptarchy cannot go far wrong.1920, Frederick Albert Cleveland, Arthur Eugene Buck, The budget and responsible government: a description and interpretation of the struggle for responsible government in the United States, The...

Forms of kleptarchy

pluralkleptarchies

Origin of kleptarchy

From klepto- + -archy.

Questions about kleptarchy

What does kleptarchy mean?
Kleptarchy means kleptocracy; rule by one or more thieves.
What part of speech is kleptarchy?
Kleptarchy is a noun.
What is the plural of kleptarchy?
The plural of kleptarchy is kleptarchies.

Words near kleptarchy in the dictionary

  1. klepsydra
  2. klepsydrae
  3. klepsydras
  4. klepta
  5. kleptarchies
  6. kleptarchy
  7. klepto
  8. klepto-
  9. kleptobiosis
  10. kleptocat
  11. kleptocats

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