plutocrat
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Is the owner an absentee plutocrat who texts “Sounds good” from Davos or a wannabe Rockne who played six or seven downs at Choate?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
As recently as Halloween, this boy plutocrat with the shaggy bro-’fro was a freshly minted paragon of greed in the service of good.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2022
Astros owner Jim Crane came across as an out-of-touch plutocrat used to people telling him they agree with whatever nonsense comes out of his mouth.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022
Nor did the Russian plutocrat or the deputy prime minister of a Gulf state or the activist investor or the owner of a ranch the size of Los Angeles.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2021
Despite the liver spots and the purplish swags under his eyes, he at last appeared the cruelly handsome plutocrat, though somewhat reduced.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing plutocrat
Killers of the Flower Moon
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This Week In Words: December 14–20, 2019
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Atonement
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