A political system where leaders use their power to steal public resources and enrich themselves.
That country has suffered under kleptocracy for many years.
To end kleptocracy, citizen oversight is necessary.
独裁政治 is dictatorship, where one person or group holds absolute power, while 泥棒政治 specifically emphasizes theft and corruption by the ruling class.
汚職 refers to corruption or bribery in general, often by individual officials, whereas 泥棒政治 describes a systemic, state-level kleptocracy.
Compound of 泥棒 (thief) and 政治 (politics), literally 'thief politics'. The term is a straightforward calque or parallel formation to English 'kleptocracy'.