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汚お吏り

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Meanings

1

corrupt official

archaic

Archaic term for a government official who engages in bribery or embezzlement. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts.

江え戸ど時じ代だいの文もん書じょには「汚お吏り」という言こと葉ばがしばしば見みられる。
The word 汚吏 often appears in documents from the Edo period.

Kanji

汚dirty, pollute, disgrace
吏officer, an official

Related words

汚お職しょく
Modern term for corruption or bribery, especially by public officials. 汚吏 is an archaic noun for a corrupt official, while 汚職 refers to the act or crime of corruption.

Word family

貪たん官かん汚お吏り
corrupt government official

Etymology

Compound of 汚 (o, 'dirty, corrupt') and 吏 (ri, 'official'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a corrupt official.