[plu.toc.ra.cy] n, pl -cies [Gk ploutokratia, fr. ploutos wealth; akin to Gk plein to sail, float--more at flow] (1652) 1: government by the wealthy
2: a controlling class of the wealthy -- plu.to.crat n -- plu.to.crat.ic adj -- plu.to.crat.i.cal.ly adv