plutocrat

Example Sentences

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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

Among the international plutocrat class, one trend is unmissable: Every CEO talks like Elon Musk now.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2023

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

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