self-dealing
noun
self-deal·ing
ˈself-ˈdē-liŋ 
: engagement in a transaction for the benefit of oneself rather than for the benefits of someone to whom one owes a fiduciary duty
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Her complaint contains allegations of self-dealing between Robert and Matt Seidler, misuse of trust funds and fraud.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
The Biden administration’s lawsuit, filed in 2023, claims Google has used anticompetitive mergers, self-dealing and auction manipulation to reduce competition and cement its dominance, resulting in higher prices for publishers and advertisers.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
But the Electronic Payments Coalition said the Illinois law is an example of troubling self-dealing by a state government.
—Kevin Bessler | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
This couldn’t be further from the truth—especially the part about Trump’s corruption and self-dealing being no different from the norm—but Biden is doing the work of people who want to wreck the best aspects of America’s democratic ethos.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
The Biden administration’s lawsuit, filed in 2023, claims Google has used anticompetitive mergers, self-dealing and auction manipulation to reduce competition and cement its dominance, resulting in higher prices for publishers and advertisers.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
But the Electronic Payments Coalition said the Illinois law is an example of troubling self-dealing by a state government.
—Kevin Bessler | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
This couldn’t be further from the truth—especially the part about Trump’s corruption and self-dealing being no different from the norm—but Biden is doing the work of people who want to wreck the best aspects of America’s democratic ethos.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Self-dealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-dealing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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