corrupt official
Archaic term for a government official who engages in bribery or embezzlement. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts.
The word 汚吏 often appears in documents from the Edo period.
corrupt government official
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.