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A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: corruptocracy, kleptarchy
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree English klepto- Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English kleptocracy From klepto- + -cracy.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
kleptokraci
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Arabic:
كْلِيبْتُقْرَاطِيَّة
(klībtuqrāṭiyya)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Armenian:
ավազակապետություն
(avazakapetutʻyun)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Azerbaijani:
kleptokratiya
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Belarusian:
клептакра́тыя
(kljeptakrátyja)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Bulgarian:
клептокра́ция
(kleptokrácija)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Catalan:
cleptocràcia
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Chinese Mandarin:
竊盜統治 /窃盗统治
(qièdàotǒngzhì)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Chinese Mandarin:
盜賊統治 /盗贼统治
(dàozéi tǒngzhì)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Czech:
kleptokracie
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Danish:
kleptokrati
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Dutch:
kleptocratie
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Estonian:
kleptokraatia
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Finnish:
kleptokratia
— corrupt and dishonest government
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French:
kleptocratie
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Georgian:
კლეპტოკრატია
(ḳleṗṭoḳraṭia)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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German:
Kleptokratie
— corrupt and dishonest government
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German:
Diebesherrschaft
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Greek:
κλεπτοκρατία
(kleptokratía)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Hebrew:
קלפטוקרטיה
(kleptokrátya)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Hindi:
क्लेप्टोक्रेसी
(klepṭokresī)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Hindi:
चोर-तंत्र
(cor-tantra)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Hungarian:
kleptokrácia
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Icelandic:
þjófræði
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Indonesian:
kleptokrasi
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Italian:
cleptocrazia
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Japanese:
泥棒政治
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Japanese:
クレプトクラシー
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Kazakh:
клептократия
(kleptokratiä)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Korean:
도둑정치
(dodukjeongchi)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Kyrgyz:
клептократия
(kleptokratiya)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Latvian:
kleptokrātija
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Lithuanian:
kleptokratija
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Macedonian:
клептократија
(kleptokratija)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Malay:
kleptokrasi
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kleptokrati
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kleptokrati
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Persian:
دزدسالاری
(dozdsâlâri)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Persian:
کلپتوکراسی
(kleptokrâsi)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Polish:
kleptokracja
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Portuguese:
cleptocracia
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Romanian:
cleptocrație
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Russian:
клептокра́тия
(kleptokrátija)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Serbo-Croatian:
клептократија
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Serbo-Croatian:
клептокрација
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Serbo-Croatian:
kleptokratija
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Serbo-Croatian:
kleptokracija
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Slovak:
kleptokracia
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Slovene:
kleptokracija
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Spanish:
cleptocracia
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Swedish:
kleptokrati
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Tajik:
клептократия
(kleptokratiya)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Tajik:
дуздсолорӣ
(duzdsolori)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Thai:
โจราธิปไตย
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Turkish:
kleptokrasi
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Turkmen:
kleptokratiýa
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Ukrainian:
клептокра́тія
(kleptokrátija)
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Uzbek:
kleptokratiya
— corrupt and dishonest government
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Vietnamese:
chế độ đạo tặc
— corrupt and dishonest government