This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
jobbery
Pronounced: (JOB-ur-ee)
Noun:
1. corruptness among public officials
2. the use of a public office for private gain.
From A Word A Day: ”From jobber (wholesaler; one who does odd jobs), from job, of unknown origin. Earliest documented use: 1769.”
Example:
“Naturally, there is only so much jobbery the public will tolerate. In time, an informed and outraged population will take to the streets.”
