Petro-dictator

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Noun
  1. 1
    The dictator of a country whose economy is primarily dependent upon the export of petroleum.

    "[…] ignore the warnings while America's career politicians coddled and sun-bathed with their corrupt corporate campaign donors and the petro-dictators and monarchs[…]"

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"[…] ignore the warnings while America's career politicians coddled and sun-bathed with their corrupt corporate campaign donors and the petro-dictators and monarchs[…]"

Etymology

Probably back-formed from petro-dictatorship.

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