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kleptocrats

kleptocrats is the plural of kleptocrat.

Meaning of kleptocrat

Noun

kleptocrat (plural kleptocrats)

  1. A ruling figure in a kleptocracy.
    • The difference between a kleptocrat and a wise statesman, between a robber baron and a public benefactor, is merely one of degree: a matter of just how large a percentage of the tribute extracted from producers is retained by the elite, and how much the commoners appreciate the public uses to which...1997, Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel, W. W. Norton & Co, page 276

Questions about kleptocrats

What is kleptocrats the plural of?
Kleptocrats is the plural of kleptocrat.

Words near kleptocrats in the dictionary

  1. kleptocoprids
  2. kleptocracies
  3. kleptocracy
  4. kleptocrat
  5. kleptocratic
  6. kleptocrats
  7. kleptogamy
  8. kleptogenesis
  9. kleptographic
  10. kleptographically
  11. kleptography

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