汚お職しょく

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汚職する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Primarily used for corruption by public officials or government employees. Can be used as a noun or with する to describe engaging in corrupt acts.

〈人ひと〉が汚お職しょくに関かん与よするfor someone to be involved in corruption
その議ぎ員いんは汚お職しょくに関かん与よしたとして逮たい捕ほされた。
The lawmaker was arrested for being involved in corruption.
〈事こと〉が汚お職しょくを摘てき発はつするto expose or crack down on corruption
警けい察さつは長なが年ねん続つづいた汚お職しょくを摘てき発はつした。
The police exposed the corruption that had continued for years.
〈人ひと〉に汚お職しょくの疑うたがいがあるto be suspected of corruption
市し長ちょうには汚お職しょくの疑うたがいがあると報ほう道どうされた。
It was reported that the mayor was suspected of corruption.
汚お職しょく事じ件けんが発はっ覚かくするfor a corruption scandal to come to light
去きょ年ねん、大おおきな汚お職しょく事じ件けんが発はっ覚かくした。
Last year, a major corruption scandal came to light.

賄わい賂ろN1
賄賂 refers to the bribe itself (money or gift given), while 汚職 refers to the broader corrupt act or practice, often involving officials.
収しゅう賄わい
収賄 specifically means accepting a bribe, whereas 汚職 covers the whole range of corrupt conduct, including offering or facilitating bribes.
腐ふ敗はいN1
腐敗 describes systemic decay or moral corruption in an organization, while 汚職 refers to specific corrupt acts like bribery by officials.
不ふ正せいN3
不正 is a general term for injustice or wrongdoing of any kind, while 汚職 is specifically corruption or bribery involving public officials.

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疑ぎ獄ごく
汚職 is the broad, general term for corruption or bribery, while 疑獄 refers specifically to a major scandal or criminal case that arises from such corruption.
贈ぞう収しゅう賄わい
汚職 is a broader term for public corruption or graft in general, while 贈収賄 specifically names the giving and receiving of bribes.
贈ぞう賄わい
汚職 is the broader term for corruption in general, while 贈賄 specifically names the act of offering a bribe.
悪あく徳とく
汚職 specifically means bribery or graft by officials, whereas 悪徳 covers moral corruption more broadly, including in business or personal conduct.
背はい任にん
汚職 refers to corruption by public officials abusing their position, while 背任 is the broader legal term for breach of trust that can apply to employees or officers in any organization.

清せい廉れん
清廉 describes a person or conduct that is upright and incorruptible, the opposite state from 汚職, which denotes corrupt or bribery-tainted behavior.

汚お染せんN3
汚職 means corruption or bribery among officials, a completely different meaning from 汚染's environmental/chemical contamination, though both share the kanji 汚.

Compound of 汚 (お, 'dirty') and 職 (しょく, 'job' or 'office'), literally meaning 'dirty office' or 'corrupt official duty'.