Meanings
plural spendocrats
- attributivederogatoryinformalsometimesA politician or bureaucrat supporting excessive spending.
While Washington "spendocrats," of both parties, have spent and wasted more than 100 billion dollars in so-called foreign aid, […]
1963, Martin Dies, Martin Dies' Story, Bookmailer, page 172 more examples
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.
1963, Telephone Engineer & Management, volume 67, page 47Spendocrats, I mean Democrats, are willing to pass bills that will cause economic hardship just so that they can show their base that they did it — pandering for votes.
2012, James Liberty, F. R. E. E. D. O. M.: Essays on America's Fight for Freedom, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 38
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spendocrat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spendocrat
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