narcokleptocracyn.
/ˌnɑːkəʊklɛpˈtɒkrəsi/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑrkoʊˌklɛpˈtɑkrəsi/ An elite or dominant group of people whose wealth derives from the trade in illegal drugs and other organized criminal activities; a government dominated by such a group. Cf. narcocracy n. 2.
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1981 Newsweek 23 Nov. 79/1 Together they form what one diplomat calls a ‘narcokleptocracy’ reaping a fortune from cocaine and other contraband.
1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 15 Aug. ii. 7/1 As the U.S. Senate's subcommittee on terrorism, narcotics and international operations reported in mid-April: ‘Panama's democracy has been stolen’ as Noriega presides over the hemisphere's first ‘narcokleptocracy’.
1995 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 2 July c2 It's a term..transplanted from the narcokleptocracies (cabals of cops, pols, law enforcers in cahoots with drug dealers) of South and Central America.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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