loot-ocracy

loot-ocracy
 n.— «They are radical activists pushing an extreme agenda that promotes an unholy mixture of theocracy and plutocracy, perhaps more accurately defined as loot-ocracy.» —“Injustice Sunday” by Larry Dale Keeling Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.) Apr. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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