"spendocrat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spendocrats [plural]
Etymology: From spend + -o- + -crat. Etymology templates: {{af|en|spend|-o-|-crat}} spend + -o- + -crat Head templates: {{en-noun}} spendocrat (plural spendocrats)
  1. (informal, derogatory, sometimes used attributively) A politician or bureaucrat supporting excessive spending. Tags: attributive, derogatory, informal, sometimes Categories (topical): People Related terms: taxocrat

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Not AT&T, nor even our governmental spendocrats, can afford to toss satellites into space indefinitely and write them off when a faulty transistor or a coy contact puts them out of commission.",
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