kleptocracy
/klepˈtɒkrəsi/noun
उच्चारण क्लेप्टॉक्रसी
चोरतंत्र, लुटेरा शासन
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a government or state in which the people with power use it to steal the country's wealth
चोरतंत्र, लुटेरा शासन
- Corruption turned the government into a kleptocracy.
- Critics describe the regime as a kleptocracy, because officials steal public money openly.
- The country was a kleptocracy where officials grew rich while hospitals had no medicine.
+ 2 more examples
- Economists warn that a kleptocracy drives away honest investors.
- The report described the regime as a kleptocracy that had emptied the treasury.
◇Word family
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klep·toc·ra·cy
⌂Word origin and word building
Klepto- means steal (as in kleptomania, an uncontrollable urge to steal), -cracy means rule.
Klepto- का अर्थ चुराना (kleptomania, चोरी की अनियंत्रित इच्छा, की तरह), -cracy का अर्थ शासन।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often (forms of government): rule by thieves who steal public money is kleptocracy; by the rich plutocracy; by old people gerontocracy; by a few oligarchy; by priests theocracy; by one person autocracy; by the people democracy; by officials bureaucracy.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है (शासन के प्रकार): सार्वजनिक धन चुराने वाले चोरों का शासन kleptocracy; धनिकों का plutocracy; वृद्धों का gerontocracy; कुछ लोगों का oligarchy; पुरोहितों का theocracy; एक व्यक्ति का autocracy; जनता का democracy; अधिकारियों का bureaucracy।