jobbery

[job-uh-ree] / ˈdʒɒb ə ri /

NOUN

corruption

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bribery crime exploitation extortion fraud graft malfeasance nepotism

STRONG

crookedness demoralization misrepresentation payoff payola racket shadiness shuffle skimming squeeze unscrupulousness venality

WEAK

breach of trust bribing fiddling fraudulency on the take profiteering shady deal

Antonyms

WEAK

cleanliness cleanness decency goodness honesty honor kindness pureness purification purity sterility truthfulness wholesomeness

NOUN

villainousness

Synonyms

STRONG

bestiality bribery crime crookedness demoralization depravity exploitation extortion fraud graft immorality malfeasance misrepresentation nepotism payoff payola perversion racket shadiness shuffle skimming squeeze turpitude unscrupulousness venality vice villainy wickedness

WEAK

breach of trust bribing fiddling flagitiousness fraudulency on the take profiteering shady deal

Antonyms

STRONG

justice virtue

Example Sentences

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If you were here I think I could, and would if I could, do a little jobbery on your account.

From Salon

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Project Gutenberg

He certainly was audacious in his demands, but he was a king in jobbery.

From Project Gutenberg

Still, as I said, he was consistent, and there was literature he would not handle, nor when they made him a councillor would he wink at certain municipal jobbery.

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