汚職

おしょく

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft

Kanji

• 汚 dirty. Read as オ.
• 職 job. Read as ショク.

Example sentences

• 汚職政治家を追放せよ。
  Down with corrupt politicians.
• マスコミがリクルート事件を調査した結果数多くの汚職が明るみに出た。
  The papers found lots of monkey business when they investigated the Recruit scandal.
• 私はその汚職とは全く関係がない。
  I have nothing to do with the scandal.
• 清廉潔白できこえた彼が、汚職なんかに手を染めるわけない。
  He has a reputation as being straight as an arrow. He'd never get involved in corruption.
• 彼は汚職と何らかの関係があるといわれています。
  He is said to have something to do with the political scandal.

Common phrases

• 汚職に関与する

Words containing 汚職

• 構造汚職 (こうぞうおしょく) structural corruption
• 汚職政治家 (おしょくせいじか) corrupt politician
• 政治汚職 (せいじおしょく) political corruption

And 3 more.

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