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: ''Also:'' [[Kleptocrats]] | : ''Also:'' [[Kleptocrats]] | ||
| + | : ''[[AKA]]:'' [[Cleptocracy]], [[Kleptarchy]], [[Thievocracy]]. | ||
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| + | A form of [[political]] and [[government]] [[corruption]] where the government exists to increase the personal [[wealth]] and political [[power]] of its leaders ('''[[kleptocrats]]'''), [[official]]s, and the [[ruling class]] at the expense of the wider [[population]], often with [[Machiavellian]] pretenses of [[honest]] [[service]]. Typically they [[embezzle]] or [[misappropriate]] government [[funds]] at the expense of the wider population without [[public]] [[announcement]] [[explanations]], [[apologies]], nor [[legal]] [[charges]] or [[punishments]] [[levied]] against [[offenders]]. | ||
Kleptocracy is different from [[plutocracy]] (rule by the richest) and [[oligarchy]] (rule by a small elite) or [[cronyism]] (with their associates). | Kleptocracy is different from [[plutocracy]] (rule by the richest) and [[oligarchy]] (rule by a small elite) or [[cronyism]] (with their associates). | ||
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Kakistocracy
- Also: Kakistocrats
A pejorative term for a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. It is used as an image rather than as an official title, given its derogatory connotation. The earliest known use in 1644 was Paul Gosnold warning of transforming "our well-temperd Monarchy into a mad kinde of Kakistocracy", then relatively inactive until the word reappeared in the early 19th century.
Kleptocracy
- Also: Kleptocrats
- AKA: Cleptocracy, Kleptarchy, Thievocracy.
(from the greek 'κλέπτης' - kleptēs, "thief" and κράτος - kratos, "power, rule", hence "rule by thieves")
A form of political and government corruption where the government exists to increase the personal wealth and political power of its leaders (kleptocrats), officials, and the ruling class at the expense of the wider population, often with Machiavellian pretenses of honest service. Typically they embezzle or misappropriate government funds at the expense of the wider population without public announcement explanations, apologies, nor legal charges or punishments levied against offenders.
Kleptocracy is different from plutocracy (rule by the richest) and oligarchy (rule by a small elite) or cronyism (with their associates).
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