A type of government in which corruption is widespread. The corruption is so strong that society accepts it as a part of normality, reacting with suspicion when some public worker or politician doesn't embezzle something.
Gosh, that mayor actually used the city's money to build stuff for the city. Something's not right here. That's a disrespect to our cleptocracy!
dafuq just happened, those people were convicted for corruption? Is that a crime, really?! That's absurd, i thought we were living in a cleptocracy here!
dafuq just happened, those people were convicted for corruption? Is that a crime, really?! That's absurd, i thought we were living in a cleptocracy here!
by dignusplz January 16, 2013
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The donations of the stinking rich Koch brothers make many see the Trump administration and the congressional majority as a cleptocracy in spite of the professed concern for the middle classes.
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by ghost3x7 April 20, 2009
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by Adam W Haupt May 19, 2009
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Get the corptocracy mug."The Governance of Thieves" - Technical term, mixed from the psychological term "cleptomania" or "kleptomania" - the urge to steal, and the greek sillable "cratia" - the rule of, as in "democracy".
Often applied to the rulers of Subsaharan African states.
Often applied to the rulers of Subsaharan African states.
by sam195 August 27, 2005
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