kleptocracy

kleptocracy读音音标

英 [klep\'tɒkrəsɪ]

美 [klep\'tɒkrəsɪ]

kleptocracy意思解释

n.

盗贼统治（的国家）；

英英释义

Kleptocracy, alternatively cleptocracy or kleptarchy, (from - kleptēs, \"thief\"κλέπτης, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus and κράτος - kratos, \"power, rule\",κράτος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus hence \"rule by thieves\") is a form of political and government corruption where the government exists to increase the personal wealth and political power of its officials and the ruling class at the expense of the wider population, often without pretense of honest service. This type of government corruption is often achieved by the embezzlement of state funds.

双语例句

用作名词(n.)Its former dictator, Suharto, set new standards for kleptocracy.它的前任独裁者，苏哈托(Suharto)，为盗贼*府建立了新的标准。