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jobbery

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job·ber·y  (jb-r)
n.
Corruption among public officials.
[From job.]
jobbery [ˈdʒɒbərɪ]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the practice of making private profit out of a public office; corruption or graft
Jobbery gobs; small pieces of work collectively.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jobbery - corruptness among public officials
corruption, corruptness - lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
Translations
jobbery [ˈdʒɒbərɪ] N (Brit) → intrigas fpl, chanchullos mpl
piece of jobbery → intriga f, chanchullo m
by a piece of jobbery → por enchufe
jobbery
n → Schiebung f, → Amtsmissbrauch m


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, Draper's, Cloth-Merchant's] Letters,' in which Swift aroused the country to successful resistance against a very unprincipled piece of political jobbery whereby a certain Englishman was to be allowed to issue a debased copper coinage at enormous profit to himself but to the certain disaster of Ireland.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
jobbery was suspected by the malicious; perhaps because it was indisputable that if the adherence of the immortal Enemy of Mankind could have been secured by a job, the Barnacles would have jobbed him--for the good of the country, for the good of the country.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
His circle of familiar acquaintance, from Mr Lammle round, all had a touch of the outlaw, as to their rovings in the merry greenwood of Jobbery Forest, lying on the outskirts of the Share-Market and the Stock Exchange.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
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