单词 | corpocrat |
释义 | > as lemmasˈcorpocrat ˈcorpocrat n. a senior member of a large or dominant commercial organization, esp. (later) one characterized as adopting an overly hierarchical, bureaucratic, or conservative approach to business. ΚΠ 1974 R. Heller Common Millionaire v. iii. 241 When relations soured between ICI and Hyman—the corpocrats reluctant to share his entrepreneurial visions, and the entrepreneur eager to tell the corpocrats how to run their corpocracy—the financing arrangement was undone. 1990 Time 5 Feb. 57/2 Bull corpocrats, not yet indicted politicians and assorted overweeners..have massed here [at the Super Bowl]. 2006 Observer 24 Sept. (Business section) 9/4 The City Svengalis alone pocketed £21bn in bonuses last year, all paid for by corpocrats who weakened their equities by daft overpayments for mergers and acquisitions. < as lemmas |
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