conflict of interest
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Grassley continues to probe Abedin’s potential conflicts of interest when she was getting four different paychecks at once. “We know she set up dinners for Secretary Clinton and her private-sector employers and e-mailed private-sector employees from government accounts,” he says."
- "Rishi Sunak is facing questions over a potential conflict of interest after it emerged a childcare firm part owned by his wife is to benefit from major changes in the budget."
- "“When you look at it, take a step back here, there’s no conflict of interest here,” Mr. [Paul E.] Mann said. “And it’s certainly in the United States government’s best interest to want to do this deal.”"
- "Anna Kelly, a White House spokeswoman, said in a recent statement that Mr. Trump “only acts in the best interests of the American public,” and that “there are no conflicts of interest.”"
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impartiality
disinterested § Synonyms