ptochocracy

ptochocracy
ptochocracy /tō-kokˈrə-si or ptō-kokˈrə-si/
noun
The rule of beggars or paupers, wholesale pauperization
ORIGIN: Gr ptōchos a beggar, and ↑-cracy

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