noun
definition
Government by the wealthy.
definition
A controlling class of the wealthy.
Examples of plutocracy in a Sentence
Mr Roosevelt and his supporters were convinced that his policy was necessary to save the country from the social and political dangers of plutocracy, and that in establishing a definite system of government regulation not only were popular rights preserved and justice promoted but industrialism and finance were placed upon a basis of regularity and honesty that paved the way for an era of general prosperity in the United States, unhampered by feverish speculation and shrewd scheming, such as the country had so far in its history been unable to enjoy.
Usury had given all the power of the state to a small plutocracy.
I fear that America is already ruled by a plutocracy devoted to pro ecclesia et commercia.