oligarchy
Example Sentences
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Around this time, Greek observers began to use the word “Carthaginian,” and the monarchy was replaced by the oligarchy that would prevail for the rest of Carthage’s history.
By that time, Russian oligarchy was well and truly dead, too.
From BBC
Sparta was an agrarian oligarchy whose muscle was its hoplite horde.
Merging "bro" and "oligarchy", it means "a small group of men, especially men owning or involved in a technology business, who are extremely rich and powerful, and who have or want political influence".
From BBC
I think oligarchy is a perfectly acceptable word to do that.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
