narcokleptocracy

From narco- (“of or pertaining to narcotics or their trade and use”) +‎ kleptocracy (“corrupt and dishonest government characterised by greed”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːkəʊklɛpˈtɒkɹəsi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɹkoʊˌklɛpˈtɑkɹəsi/
• Hyphenation: nar‧co‧klep‧to‧cra‧cy

narcokleptocracy (plural narcokleptocracies)

1. (rare) Drug lords and others involved in organized crime as a dominant group in society; the influence or rule exerted by this group.
2. (rare) A government influenced by such persons; a narcocracy.
   • 1988 December, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, “Panama”, in Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy: A Report (S. Prt.; 100-165)‎, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, published 1989, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 October 2016, page 83:

     As head of the PDF [Panamanian Defense Forces], Noriega now controlled all elements of the Panamanian government essential to the protection of drug trafficking and money laundering, thus accomplishing two goals simultaneously—increasing his control over Panama and enriching himself. Noriega had turned Panama's political system into what one witness termed a "narcokleptocracy," a political system in which Panamanian government became controlled by personal loyalties to Noriega, cemented by graft and corruption, and substantially funded with narcotics money.

   • 2000, Shelby Tucker, Among Insurgents: Walking through Burma, London, New York, N.Y.: The Radcliffe Press, →ISBN, page 80:

     I knew how eager they [new recruits to the All Burma Students' Democratic Front] were to fight the Burma Army, which they perceived as no better than a private army protecting Ne Win's narcokleptocracy.

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