jobbery
[job-uh-ree]
noun
the conduct of public or official business for the sake of improper private gain.
Origin of jobbery
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Related Words for jobbery
fraud, nepotism, crime, exploitation, malfeasance, extortion, graft, bribery, shuffle, perversion, shadiness, racket, wickedness, squeeze, depravity, payoff, demoralization, immorality, bestiality, misrepresentationExamples from the Web for jobbery
Historical Examples of jobbery
They appear to have one object in view, and only one—jobbery.
The Romany RyeGeorge Borrow
Jobbery, the arrangement of jobs, or unfair business proceedings.
The Slang DictionaryJohn Camden Hotten
Does not this system give opportunities for bribery and jobbery?
A. D. 2000Alvarado M. Fuller
Also there is privilege to be reckoned with, and there is jobbery.
Domesday Book and BeyondFrederic William Maitland
Another was the jobbery of politicians in a time of seething turmoil.
Montreal 1535-1914, Volume II (of 2)William Henry Atherton
jobbery
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