client dictator, n.Definitions

Client dictator (n.) stays ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in favor through mass slaughter and stops being Washington's kind of guy only when he defies the IMF and loses control of his population.

Client dictator (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠traffic drugs for years on the payroll; he becomes a criminal to be removed only when he gets too independent.