kleptocrat

One who participates in kleptocracy, especially an official. See also, politician, legislator, attorney, Nigeria, Iraq, embezzlement, corporation, bureaucracy, and conflict of interest.

Ijits keep sending me 419 scams with sob story(ies) about dead kleptocrats, thinking they can get me to send them money to get them to send me money.

by Downstrike July 30, 2005

Kleptocratic

A political policy, the main goal of which is to steal from the poor and give to the rich, under the guise of doing the opposite.

Both Republicans and Democrats are Kleptocratic.

by sargos7 August 4, 2014

kleptotrainiac

The art of continuously stealing trains that are better than the one you were called for.

Tyler is proving that he is a kleptotrainiac more and more each trip.

by JadedbyTDB November 18, 2018

Kleptocracy

A corrupt governmental body made up of thieves, also sullied by nepotism and croneyism.

The county government is a perfect example of a kleptocracy

by ghost3x7 April 20, 2009

kleptocracy

"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.

The problem of most African countries is not lack of food, but those kleptocrats in power.

by sam195 August 27, 2005

kleptocracy

A corrupt governmental body made up of thieves, also sullied by nepotism and cronyism, or in other words a synonym for government itself.

History shows that to be governed is to live under a kleptocracy.

by dh8407 June 21, 2017

post-communist kleptocracy

That delightful period after a communist country falls during which everything becomes surprisingly stealable. A system of government that has a heavy focus on criminality and survival-of-the-fittest. What happens when commies turn on each other.

Russia after the Soviet Union became a post-communist kleptocracy.

by Ahod February 22, 2009