クレプトクラシー

noun

kleptocracy

A political system where rulers use their power to steal the country's resources; often used in political commentary. The Japanese term 泥棒政治 (dorobō seiji) is a near-equivalent.

See also: 泥棒政治

• その国くには長なが年ねんクレプトクラシーに苦くるしんできた。

  That country has suffered under a kleptocracy for many years.

• クレプトクラシーでは、公こう共きょうの富とみが一いち部ぶの支し配はい層そうに流ながれる。

  In a kleptocracy, public wealth flows to a small ruling class.