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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread new word #52619 01/13/2002 5:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In the February 2002 issue (p, 68) of Discover Magazine there is a word new to me, not yet seen in AWADtalk. It refers to former ruler of Zaire, Mobutu as a "kleptocratic ruler". I was unable to find it in my dictionary, but quicky found in several sites on Internet, defined as: "A kleptocratic state may arise as a predatory hierarchy from a state of pure anarchy." This was from a paper entitled "Institutionalized corruption and the Kleptocratic State " by Joshua Charap and Christian Harm. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted new word wwh 01/13/2002 5:36 PM Re: new word Jazzoctopus 01/13/2002 7:19 PM Re: new word Wordwind 01/13/2002 9:15 PM Re: new word wwh 01/13/2002 10:55 PM Re: new word Capital Kiwi 01/13/2002 11:04 PM Re: new word Keiva 01/14/2002 1:43 AM . Max Quordlepleen 01/14/2002 2:57 AM Re: new word stales 01/14/2002 6:19 AM kleptocracy TEd Remington 01/18/2002 9:33 PM Re: kleptocracy Capital Kiwi 01/18/2002 11:06 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,267 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 6 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,127 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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