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View synonyms for jobbery

jobbery

[ job-uh-ree ]

noun

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


jobbery

/ ˈdʒɒbərɪ /

noun

  1. the practice of making private profit out of a public office; corruption or graft
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of jobbery1

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

Did Dora's father bring his 'deals' and stock-jobbery home, and expect Dora and her mother to feel an interest in them?

There was a strong push made to get one laid down in Broadway, and corporation jobbery had nearly succeeded.

The Civil Service, it is almost needless to say, was a sanctuary of aristocratic jobbery.

He intimated that there was jobbery in some of the enthusiasm for the annexation.

He is not in the least amused by jobbery, by bad service, by broken pledges.

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