oligarch
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈoʊlɪɡɑrk/
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oligarca
- Meanwhile, oligarchs are increasingly buying power at the regional level.
- Russian oligarchs
- class of oligarchs
- owned by oligarchs
Yvonne, tell the oligarchs what they stand to lose.
- Yvonne, tell the oligarchs what they stand to lose.
- There was a lot of influence from oligarchs and corruption and so on.
- This is an oligarch wannabe dictator.
- Join us tomorrow for my interview with a real life Russian oligarch, Mikhail Prokhorov.
- Criminals went into business with the help of oligarchs and they paid off the whole government.
- These are like mega rich oligarchs we have now.
- And people have described Musk and Teal and Bezos as as oligarchs.
- He said he has Donald's tax returns and his loans had Russian oligarchs as cosigners that were close to Putin.
- But basically, you were looking at the point of view of this or that oligarch when you watch the news.
- I think increasingly government is just being used as a source of profit for the oligarch class.
- The big question for markets is what a weaker Modi will mean for the infrastructure and oligarch LED growth model that's been his trademark.
- The first layer of his control would be the oligarchs, the men who control the wealth of Russia and largely through oil.
- The bad news is that if you're an oligarch, a global oligarch controlling the macroeconomic system, big oil, big global systems.
- So you know, you you ZAP the the oligarchs wallets and their calculation.
Examples
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Putin promised to "eliminate the oligarchs as a class" and to hold all businessmen at "an equal distance."
Academic text (2002) -
The first layer of his control would be the oligarchs, the men who control the wealth of Russia and largely through oil.
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How is that not creating an oligarch system even worse than the one we have?
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But basically, you were looking at the point of view of this or that oligarch when you watch the news.
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I think increasingly government is just being used as a source of profit for the oligarch class.
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There was a lot of influence from oligarchs and corruption and so on.
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Russia's oligarchs, on the other hand, built nothing.
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These are like mega rich oligarchs we have now.
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Similarly, the new class of oligarchs that emerged in the early 1990s from the fringes of the Soviet economy was predominantly young.
Academic text (2010) -
The oligarch used his wealth and influence to sway government policies in his favor.
Synonyms
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5.5
A very rich and powerful person who owns or controls big companies
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6.1
A very rich and powerful person who controls a large business or industry
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8.8
A person with power and influence because they are very rich
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8.4
A very rich and powerful person who owns or controls much of a country's oil industry
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3.4
A very rich and powerful person who owns or runs large companies
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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8.4
A very rich and powerful person who owns or controls much of a country's oil industry
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word oligarch comes from Greek parts olig- meaning 'few' and -arch meaning 'ruler', the same -arch in monarch. So an oligarch is one of the 'few rulers', which is why the word means a very rich, powerful person in a small group that controls a country.