词汇 | kleptocrat |
释义 | kleptocrat noun[ C ] uk /ˈklep.tə.kræt/ us /ˈklep.tə.kræt/ a leader who makes himself or herself rich and powerful by stealing from the rest of the people: 盗贼统治者,腐败政客 He is listed as the greatest ever kleptocrat, alleged to have stolen up to $15 billion while in office.他被列为有史以来最大的贪官,据称在任期间窃取财物多达150亿美元。 Powerful people & dictators absolute authority all-powerful anti-establishment authoritarian autocrat despot dictator dictatorial establishment figurehead grey eminence oligarch oppressor plutocrat potentate power broker tyrant voiceless warlord éminence grise Examples of kleptocratkleptocrat Much of that money goes straight to line the pockets of the military kleptocrats who rule that country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mbutu was a corrupt kleptocrat, whose regime was propped up by the west because he was a pro-western corrupt kleptocrat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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