kleptocratic
adjective uk/ˌklep.təˈkræt.ɪk/ us/ˌklep.toʊˈkræt̬.ɪk/
（领导、政府）窃国的
(of a leader, politician, government) making themselves or itself rich and powerful by stealing from the rest of the people
At that time the country was ruled by an egocentric kleptocratic tyrant. 当时这个国家由一个自私自利、贪污腐败的暴君所统治。
The movement was originally aimed at kleptocratic regimes in Africa and the former Soviet states.
（社会、时期）受窃国者统治的
(of a society, period of time) in which leaders make themselves rich and powerful by stealing from the rest of the people
He swept into power in December 2002, ending his predecessor's kleptocratic era. 他于2002年12月轻松赢得选举上台，结束了其前任贪污腐败的时代。
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- The kleptocratic dictator and his cronies stole the country's enormous mineral wealth and ran down all government institutions.
- These failed states are run by kleptocratic warlords subject to attack by murderous militias.
- Despite the decades of kleptocratic rule, recent political violence and an ongoing war in the east of the country, we were advised that it was safe.
- This enables those states to distract their own populations from their kleptocratic despotism.
- At first he brought stability after the kleptocratic chaos of the 1990s.