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jobbery

[ job-uh-ree ]

noun

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


jobbery

/ ˈ»åÏôÉ’²úÉ™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. the practice of making private profit out of a public office; corruption or graft
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of jobbery1

First recorded in 1825–35; jobber + -y 3
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If you were here I think I could, and would if I could, do a little jobbery on your account.

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Sumner’s distinction between “jobbery†and true capitalism is one that many voters would be thrilled to see Mr. Trump recognize.

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But Tory politics and common-room scandal and jobbery apart, the University would appear to have slept the sleep of the unjust.

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The public securities were often counterfeited, official signatures forged, and plunder and jobbery openly indulged in.

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The unscrupulous recourse of the government to jobbery and corruption is not more revolting than the evidence of the increasing constitutional power of the Commons is interesting.

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