kleptocracy

International investigators uncovered a vast kleptocracy in which public funds were systematically looted.国际调查人员揭露了一个巨大的盗贼统治，其中公共资金被系统性地洗劫。

Kleptocracy thrives where institutions of accountability are weak or captured by ruling elites.盗贼统治在问责机构薄弱或被统治精英把持的地方滋生。