kleptocrat
Americannoun
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There were also attempts to remove the terms "dictator" and "kleptocrat" describing the elder Marcos on Wikipedia, said Carlos Nazareno, of the Wiki Society of the Philippines, part of a movement against disinformation.
From Reuters ● May 27, 2022
The dictator and kleptocrat Ferdinand Marcos won the presidential election as a Nationalist Party candidate in 1965.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2021
The great kleptocrat Mobutu Sese Seko had been swept from power in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2017
But Mr. Lazarenko, it turns out, is a world-class kleptocrat hiding in plain sight in suburban America.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2016
After decades in which corporate tax fiddles have mushroomed, and colossal amounts of criminal and kleptocrat money have sloshed through the world financial system, even limited progress is welcome.
From Economist ● Jun. 13, 2013
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