Definition of Jobbery

1. Noun. Corruptness among public officials.

Generic synonyms: Corruption, Corruptness

Definition of Jobbery

1. n. The act or practice of jobbing.

Definition of Jobbery

1. Noun. The improper or corrupt act or conduct of public or official business for the sake of private gain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jobbery

1. corruption in public office [n -BERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jobbery

job queues
job satisfaction
job scheduler
job schedulers
job shop
job title
jobation
jobations
jobbe
jobbed
jobber
jobberies
jobbernowl
jobbernowls
jobbers
jobbery (current term)
jobbies
jobbing
jobbing house
jobbing houses
jobbings
jobcentre
jobe
jobed
jobes
jobholder
jobholders
jobing
jobless

Literary usage of Jobbery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Public Services of Grover Cleveland: With Incidents of His by Frederick Elizur Goodrich (1884)
"He Attacks Abuses anil jobbery in the Departments.—The Official Printing.—A Recommendation that the Auditor Should Audit.—A Fair Day's Work for a Fair Day's ..."

2. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... plan for reorganization of the finances—jobbery and speculation—Philip's repudiation of his debts—Effects of the measure—Renewal of persecution by the ..."

3. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1904)
"J Suspicions of hugger-mugger and jobbery beclouded more and more the foreign relations, making one reason for non- accomplishment, in connection with that ..."

4. Municipal Franchises: A Description of the Terms and Conditions Upon which by Delos Franklin Wilcox (1911)
"Elevated railway jobbery in Pennsylvania—On May 29, 1901, two important street railway bills were introduced into the Pennsylvania legislature.2 The ..."

5. Three Years Among the Working-classes in the United States During the War by James Dawson Burn (1865)
"... of Travellers—Extent of the Iron Roads—Street Railways and Municipal jobbery—Carelessness and Independence of American Railway Servants—The American and ..."

6. The Puritan Republic of the Massachusetts Bay in New England by Daniel Wait Howe (1899)
"... nor any method of managing local affairs more certain to prevent jobbery and waste, to stimulate vigilance and breed contentment. ..."

7. State Platforms of the Two Dominant Political Parties in Indiana, 1850-1900 by William Elmer Henry (1902)
"... his uncompromising warfare upon extravagance and jobbery, his advocacy of great reforms such as the popular election of United States senators, ..."

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