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pro bono publico

American  
[proh boh-noh poo-bli-koh, proh boh-noh puhb-li-koh] / proʊ ˈboʊ noʊ ˈpu blɪˌkoʊ, proʊ ˈboʊ noʊ ˈpʌb lɪˌkoʊ /

adverb

Latin.
  1. for the public good or welfare.


pro bono publico British  
/ ˈprəʊ ˈbəʊnəʊ ˈpʊblɪkəʊ /
  1. for the public good

"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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There were also three pharma companies, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson and Merck, willing, pro bono publico, to take these candidates and try to turn them into the real thing as quickly as possible.

From Economist Sep. 1, 2016

In the late 1960s, idealistic young lawyers persuaded blue chip firms to let them do pro bono publico work, representing indigents on the firms' time at their regular salaries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pro bono work is the trade term for it, from the Latin pro bono publico, meaning "for the public good."

From Time Magazine Archive

His career is a monument to the concept of pro bono publico.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Red Front, changin' hands that way, complicates the case to an extent that we'll have to try it out all legal an' regular pro bono publico, kangaroo court.

From Prairie Flowers by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

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