kleptomania, kleptocracy什么意思？词根词缀分析klept-和-cracy

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klep·toc·ra·cy
\klepˈtäkrəsē\ noun
(-es -s)
Etymology: klept- + -cracy
: government conducted by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the expense of the governed ; also [tr]: a particular government of this kind
• klep·to·crat \ˈkleptəˌkrat\ noun
• klep·to·crat·ic \¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ¦krad.ik, -at-\ adjective

The U.S. Treasury Department must play a major role in combating corruption at home and abroad, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told President Joe Biden's democracy summit on Thursday, unveiling a new "kleptocracy fund" to reward tips on where corrupt foreign leaders hid their money in the United States.

谷歌翻译：kleptocracy，盗贼统治。可以有更多解释，比如，“盗贼体制”，“窃贼政体”， 等等。

词根词缀分析：
klept-
combining form
or klepto-
Etymology: Greek, from kleptein to steal; akin to Gothic hlifan to steal, Latin clepere to steal, Old Prussian auklipts concealed
[tr]: stealing : theft
< kleptistic >
< kleptomania >

-cracy
combining form   (in nouns 构成名词) the government or rule of
   …的政府；…的统治:
   democracy
   民主政体
   bureaucracy
   官僚体制
-cracy：denoting a particular form of government, rule, or influence.  "autocracy"
plutocracy: government by the wealthy.
plutocracy解释：“富豪政体，富人政治，富豪体制，等等”
更多举例：
---no one can accept public policies which turn a democracy into a plutocracy
---officials were drawn from the new plutocracy
---the attack on the Bank of England was a gesture against the very symbol of plutocracy


更多联想扩展：
kleptomania
klep·to·mania / ˌkleptəˈmeiniə / noun [U]
   a mental illness in which sb has a strong desire, which they cannot control, to steal things
   偷窃狂；偷窃癖
• klep·to·maniac / ˌkleptəˈmeiniæk / noun:
   She's a kleptomaniac.
   她是个偷窃狂。

klep·to·ma·nia
noun
or clep·to·ma·nia \ˌkleptəˈmānēə, nyə\
Etymology: New Latin, from klept- + Late Latin mania
: a persistent neurotic impulse to steal especially without economic motive in which the object stolen is usually believed to have symbolic significance to the kleptomaniac


klep∙to∙ma∙ni∙a / ˌklɛptəˈmenɪə ; ˌkleptəˈmeɪniə /
◙noun [U]
1. a mental illness in which you have a desire to steal things
• 盗窃癖，偷窃狂

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