petro-dictator

noun

Etymology

Probably back-formed from petro-dictatorship.

Definitions

  1. The dictator of a country whose economy is primarily dependent upon the export of…

    The dictator of a country whose economy is primarily dependent upon the export of petroleum.

    • […] ignore the warnings while America's career politicians coddled and sun-bathed with their corrupt corporate campaign donors and the petro-dictators and monarchs[…]
    • By any reasonable standard it is a far better deal to send money to America's farmers than to various petro-dictators.

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