Kleptokrasie kom van die Griekse klepto (steel) en kratein (regeer), en beteken dus regering deur diewe.
In teenstelling tot byvoorbeeld demokrasie is dit nie 'n staatsvorm nie; dit word slegs gebruik as pejoratiewe term om (vermeende) selfverrykende regerings en lande aan te dui.
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