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petrodictator

petrodictator
 n.— «If oil were $50 a barrel, the $50 tax needed to achieve the price floor would go to America’s government for fuel energy programs, not to foreign “petrodictators,” as he calls them.» —“Say you want a green revolution? It can happen if you help start it now” by Matthew Crowley Las Vegas Business Press (Nevada) Dec. 1, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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