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boligarch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɒlɪˌɡɑːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of bolívar + oligarch.

Meanings

1. (informal) A Venezuelan oligarch or billionaire.
   • It was rumoured that on a trip home to Barinas, Chávez took a baseball bat to a brother's Hummer. But for all his public railing, he continued letting the boligarchs make money – long as they served him. 2013 March 7, Rory Carroll, Comandante: The Life and Legacy of Hugo Chávez, Canongate Books, →ISBN:
   • The two fastest-growing forms of housing are slums and gated communities, the latter for the 'boligarchs' growing rich under the Bolivarian revolution. 2015 October 13, Justin McGuirk, Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 141:
   • The rise of "Boligarchs" 2007, The Economist:

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