noun
self-serving act; abuse of power for personal gain
Refers to an official or person in authority using their position for private benefit, often implying corruption or injustice. Rare in modern everyday speech; mostly found in historical or formal legal texts.
その役人は私曲を働いて賄賂を受け取ったと伝えられている。
It is said that the official committed a self-serving act and accepted bribes.
江戸時代の記録には、代官の私曲を訴える文書が残っている。
Documents from the Edo period remain in which local magistrates' abuses of power for personal gain are denounced.