Corruptness among public officials.
Roget 702:
cunning,
craft;
cunningness†,
craftiness
etc.
adj.;
subtlety,
artificiality;
maneuvering
etc.
v.;
temporization;
circumvention.
chicane,
chicanery;
sharp practice,
knavery,
jugglery†;
concealment
etc.
528;
guile,
doubling,
duplicity
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
foul play.
diplomacy,
politics;
Machiavelism;
jobbery,
backstairs influence.
art,
artifice;
device,
machination;
plot
etc.
(plan)
626;
maneuver,
stratagem,
dodge,
sidestep,
artful dodge,
wile;
trick,
trickery
etc.
(deception)
545;
ruse,
ruse de guerre [Fr.];
finesse,
side blow,
thin end of the wedge,
shift,
go by,
subterfuge,
evasion;
white lie
etc.
(untruth)
546;
juggle,
tour de force;
tricks of the trade,
tricks upon travelers;
espieglerie [Fr.];
net,
trap
etc.
545.
Ulysses,
Machiavel,
sly boots,
fox,
reynard;
Scotchman;
Jew,
Yankee;
intriguer,
intrigant†;
floater [U.S.],
Indian giver [U.S.],
keener [U.S.],
repeater [U.S.].
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Roget 940:
improbity†;
dishonesty,
dishonor;
deviation from rectitude;
disgrace
etc.
(disrepute)
874;
fraud
etc.
(deception)
545;
lying
etc.
544;
bad faith,
Punic faith;
mala fides [Lat.],
Punica fides [Lat.];
infidelity;
faithlessness
etc.
adj.;
Judas kiss,
betrayal.
breach of promise,
breach of trust,
breach of faith;
prodition†,
disloyalty,
treason,
high treason;
apostasy
etc.
(tergiversation)
607;
nonobservance
etc.
773.
shabbiness
etc.
adj.;
villainy,
villany†;
baseness
etc.
adj.;
abjection,
debasement,
turpitude,
moral turpitude,
laxity,
trimming,
shuffling.
perfidy;
perfidiousness
etc.
adj.;
treachery,
double dealing;
unfairness
etc.
adj.;
knavery,
roguery,
rascality,
foul play;
jobbing,
jobbery;
graft,
bribery;
venality,
nepotism;
corruption,
job,
shuffle,
fishy transaction;
barratry,
sharp practice,
heads I win tails you lose;
mouth honor
etc.
(flattery)
933.
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