oligarchy

Example Sentences

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By that time, Russian oligarchy was well and truly dead, too.

From BBC

Sparta was an agrarian oligarchy whose muscle was its hoplite horde.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

“Mexico has a kind of oligarchy, and these families, they care so much about their appearance in society,” Boneta says.

From Los Angeles Times