boligarch

noun

boligarch

noun

UK /ˈbɒlɪˌɡɑːk/

Etymology Blend of bolívar + oligarch.

1

Informal A Venezuelan oligarch or billionaire.

The rise of "Boligarchs"2007, The Economist:
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:

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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:

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