Petrogarch
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who is part of a small group that controls the petroleum industry, and hence has power over lives and governments similar to the powers of an oligarch.
"Why focus on gas in particular? Because gasoline is where the world’s petrogarchs have us by the short hairs."
Example
More examples"Why focus on gas in particular? Because gasoline is where the world’s petrogarchs have us by the short hairs."
Etymology
Blend of petro- + oligarch.
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