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Meaning of "jobbery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JOBBERY

jobbery  [ˈdʒɒbərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JOBBERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jobbery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JOBBERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of jobbery in the English dictionary

The definition of jobbery in the dictionary is the practice of making private profit out of a public office; corruption or graft.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JOBBERY


blackberry
ˈblækbərɪ
blueberry
ˈbluːbərɪ
bobbery
ˈbɒbərɪ
Burberry
ˈbɜːbərɪ
canterbury
ˈkæntəbərɪ
corroboree
kəˈrɒbərɪ
cranberry
ˈkrænbərɪ
Glastonbury
ˈɡlæstənbərɪ
mulberry
ˈmʌlbərɪ
nabobery
ˈneɪbɒbərɪ
Newbury
ˈnjuːbərɪ
raspberry
ˈrɑːzbərɪ
robbery
ˈrɒbərɪ
Salisbury
ˈsɔːlzbərɪ
slobbery
ˈslɒbərɪ
snobbery
ˈsnɒbərɪ
stockjobbery
ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbərɪ
strawberry
ˈstrɔːbərɪ
Sudbury
ˈsʌdbərɪ
yobbery
ˈjɒbərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JOBBERY

job sharing
job specification
job title
job vacancy
job-hop
Job´s comforter
Job´s-tears
jobation
jobbed
jobber
jobbie
jobbing
jobbing printer
Jobcentre
Jobclub
jobe
jobernowl
jobholder
jobless
joblessness

WORDS THAT END LIKE JOBBERY

aggravated robbery
ambery
armed robbery
bank robbery
bibbery
blubbery
bribery
cobwebbery
daubery
daylight robbery
fibbery
fubbery
glibbery
highway robbery
inverted snobbery
Rosebery
rubbery
shrubbery
slabbery
timbery

Synonyms and antonyms of jobbery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jobbery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JOBBERY

Find out the translation of jobbery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jobbery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jobbery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

假公济私
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jobbery
570 millions of speakers

English

jobbery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भ्रष्टाचार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

jobbery
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спекуляциям
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jobbery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দালালি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tripotages
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jobbery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jobbery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汚職
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

jobbery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jobbery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự đầu cơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

jobbery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नोकरीखर्च
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vurgunculuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

traffico disonesto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jobbery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спекуляціям
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jobbery
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jobbery
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knoeierij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jobbery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jobbery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jobbery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JOBBERY»

The term «jobbery» is normally little used and occupies the 129.935 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JOBBERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jobbery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jobbery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jobbery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JOBBERY»

Discover the use of jobbery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jobbery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Court Jobbery: or the Black book of the Palace; being an ...
'of all parties interested (and we include the tax-payers, for they are very deeply interested in the matter), that the Queen had not also exercised “ her accustomed generosity" in the case of the sister of Sir Augustus. This would have been ...
‎1848
2
Reports from Committees
J, Jobbery. Grounds for the conclusion that as regards contracts there would be a much greater probability of jobbery if there were union rating; tendency to jobbery under the present system, Bence Jones 5348-5650 Considerable jobbery at ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1871
3
The Collected Papers of Thomas Frederick Tout: With a Memoir ...
sometimes perhaps by conscientious selection, more often I fear by jobbery, local , family, or personal. Still, under the circumstances then prevailing, I am fairly sure that the young man of parts and push had nearly as good a chance then as he ...
Thomas Frederick Tout, 1932
4
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
Mr. Jobbery! welcome to Auld Beckie! what wind has blown you hither at this time ? PAUL PRY, JUN. The Trade-Wind! ha ! ha! an't that good now ? Election going on—Pray introduce me! Mr. Jobbery, I am Mr. Paul Pry ;--you must have known ...
‎1834
5
Computer, Informatics, Cybernetics and Applications: ...
Jobbery. Jobbery means corruption among public officials. Presidents of a few universities are on fund management, the tendency of jobbery is common occurrence. Presidents use the special accounting work duties to instigate for profitability.
Xingui He, Ertian Hua, Xiaozhu Liu, 2011
6
Words You Should Know In High School: 1000 Essential Words ...
This one's easy to remember: Jobbery is robbery by a politician. The senator was accused of jobbery by his opponent, yet he was never charged formally. jocular ( JAH-kyoo-lur), adjective Having a playful, joking disposition. Intended to be ...
Burton Jay Nadler, Jordan Nadler, 2004
7
What social classes owe to each other
William Graham Sumner. futures, etc., etc. The popular rage is not without reason , but it is sadly misdirected and the real things which deserve attack are thriving all the time. The greatest social evil with which we have to contend is jobbery.
William Graham Sumner, 1934
8
It Is Not Wicked to Be Rich
The greatest social evil with whichwehave to contend is jobbery. Whatever there is in legislative charters, watering stocks, etc., etc., which is objectionable, comes under the head of jobbery. Jobbery is any scheme which aimsto gain,notbythe ...
William Graham Sumner
9
Snobbery: The American Version
5. Snob-Jobbery. _l_N EUROPE, it used to be said, people want to know who you are. In the United States they want to know what you do. A useful distinction, this, for it implies that in Europe whom you derive from, your family line, is the ...
Joseph Epstein, 2003
10
Laughing Matters: Comic Tradition in India
The. Satiric. Gavel: The. Jobbery. of. Judges. We say, without anyone disputing, That he who gives the most money Is the right, free and clear. . . Say: He who offers ready cash Should definitely be supported. A judge in Le Monde, Abuz. an  ...
Lee Siegel, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JOBBERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jobbery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How the system is rigged for El Chapo
And sadly, everyone else there is all too familiar with official jobbery. While government profiteering and collusion appear to reach into "the ... «CNN, Jul 15»
2
How the system is rigged for El Chapo (opinion) | News - Home
And sadly, everyone else there is all too familiar with official jobbery. While government profiteering and collusion appear to reach into "the ... «KESQ, Jul 15»
3
Mahinda catches the UPFA bus: but will Maithri get runover?
... election campaign to cleanse Lanka of jobbery and to ensure that the much decried rogue pack that support Mahinda Rajapaksa are brought ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Jul 15»
4
Ft. Bragg solider arrested after carrying rifle into Fayetteville mall
“It uses a small bullet, but it travels fast and it has very little recoil,” said Thomas Greene of Jim's Gun Jobbery. Police arrested Wolfinger without ... «WNCN, Jul 15»
5
Share this article
... due to poor quality location information and 1776 were excluded because they corresponded to crimes (e.g. fraud, jobbery, copyright crimes) ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
6
Business as usual
Not jobless men and women who have turned political jobbery into money making venture. Now we have legislators who even employ about ... «WorldStage, Jun 15»
7
NC County Considers Banning Open Carry
Jim's Jobbery in Fayetteville is a gun-enthusiast's paradise. The range and the store attract regular customers, such as Thomas Green. He said ... «TWC News, Jun 15»
8
Zuma's legacy will be one of economic reversal
Unlike Smuts, Zuma's legacy will be that of economic reversal and crude jobbery. Future leaders will have to work even harder to repair the ... «Rand Daily Mail, Jun 15»
9
Harvey's latest Boston area forecast
... SO FAR, HAS BEEN BELOW AVERAGE. DECEMBER WAS WARM. THEN JOBBERY TURNED COLD. WE KNOW ALL ABOUT FEBRUARY. «WCVB Boston, Apr 15»
10
Instead of public sector non-jobbery, Martha, how about creating …
Worstall on Wednesday One of the general complaints about the British economy and its capitalism is that we don't seem to aim large. We are ... «The Register, Apr 15»

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