Etymograph

English

lootocracy

Blend of loot + plutocracy, or loot- + -cracy.

A blend of loot + plutocracy

Hindi लूट ‘booty’

English loot

Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to sail, flow’

Proto-Hellenic *pléwō ‘to sail’

Ancient Greek πλέω ‘to float, sail’

Ancient Greek πλοῦτος ‘wealth’

Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία ‘rule of the wealthy’

English plutocracy

Today it means

noun A corrupt political system in which the elite fraudulently help themselves to money or resources intended for other purposes.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / lootocracy