jobbery

American  

[job-uh-ree] / ˈdʒɒb ə ri /

noun

1. the conduct of public or official business for the sake of improper private gain.

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jobbery British  

/ ˈdʒɒbərɪ /

noun

1. the practice of making private profit out of a public office; corruption or graft

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Etymology

Origin of jobbery

First recorded in 1825–35; jobber + -y ³

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Example Sentences

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jobbery

If you were here I think I could, and would if I could, do a little jobbery on your account.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2019

Research published in 2011 by Victor Lapuente and Carl Dahlstrom of the University of Gothenburg, and Jan Teorell, of Lund University, looked at which features of a civil service cut jobbery.

From Economist ● Mar. 10, 2016

A U. S. District Attorney in Manhattan, preparing to run as a Republican against Governor Roosevelt, disclosed all manner of jobbery among Tammany judges.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Securities bill was designed to clean up the evils of stock jobbery.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has gone down into a money-making jobbery.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various

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