Monday 2 January 2017

narcokleptocracy: Word of the day for January 3, 2017

narcokleptocracy , n :
(rare) Drug lords and others involved in organized crime as a dominant group in society; the influence or rule exerted by this group. (rare) A government influenced by such persons; a narcocracy. Manuel Noriega, the former military dictator of Panama, surrendered to the United States military on this date in 1990 following the US invasion of Panama. A 1988 report by a subcommittee of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations described the Noriega regime as a narcokleptocracy.

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