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Kleptocracy -- 'a government whose corrupt leaders use political power to expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern, typically by embezzling or misappropriating government funds...' (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

The paradigmatic example of this is Orbán's Hungary.