Words of the Day — November 9, 2012

Kleptocrats — KLEP-tow-KRATS — rulers who use political power to steal country resources probity — PRO-bih-TEE — the quality of having strong moral principles, honesty and decency

Example: "A Newsweek article about the head of Malawi said: 'In a continent of unabashed kleptocrats, Joyce Banda, president of the country, shines like an improbable beacon of probity.'"