trapezocracyEtymologyNeologism, from Greek τράπεζα (trápeza, bank) + -cracy. Attested in 2011 in the writings of Yanis Varoufakis. Saw increasing Internet usage during and after the Occupy Wall Street protests.trapezocracy means political domination by banks; bankocracy. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.nounpolitical domination by banks; bankocracy.“Hope may not, currently, shine brightly. The light on the hill may be dim, imperceptible. But if there is a light, it comes from the original idea of democracy as the only possible antidote to trapezocracy and to the calamities that it has in store for us.”