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jobbery

[ job-uh-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

jobbery

/ ˈdʒɒbərɪ /

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

Origin of jobbery¹

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

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.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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