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Meaning of boligarch | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbɒlɪˌɡɑːk

Definitions

A Venezuelan oligarch or billionaire.

informal

Examples

“The rise of "Boligarchs"”
“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.”
“The two fastest-growing forms of housing are slums and gated communities, the latter for the 'boligarchs' growing rich under the Bolivarian revolution.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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