Sounds like something that would be in Pratchett's Discworld, somewhere
Following the people from another comment thread - oligarchs. It might sound post-Soviet and old-fashioned to some, but it is a rather apt description - the power of few, if you translate literally
Here in Ukraine, we don't really have those illusions about them, yeah. Some of it might be remainders of Soviet collectivism, but even back then there were people who hoarded money and power, just under different pretenses
Parasite species at least actually require resources from their host to survive. I think it might be too generous of a label
We might be in need of a Dovahkiin
I cast Scholar's Armanent
Funny part is, the same shift happened in a lot of languages. I think some more obvious examples are modern German and Polish, where letter W corresponds to the V sound. Although I believe that the shift happened in German and then Polish borrowed the letter with the new pronunciation.
We can do both at the same time
In Ukrainian schools they teach English with IPA broad transcription. And most paper dictionaries I had also had the transcriptions next to the words. It was very helpful in remembering the pronunciation
Guidance of grace is not easy to discard, o Tarnished
Not enough lemons
If you want some radioactive shit, apparently there existed radium blankets, that would warm you up