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Definition of Jobbery
1. Noun. Corruptness among public officials.
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
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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