貪たん汚お

noun

greed and corruption; avarice and dishonesty

A formal, literary term for the combination of greed and corrupt behavior, often in official or moral contexts. Rare in modern conversation; more common words are 欲張り (greed) and 汚職 (corruption).

• その政せい治じ家かは貪たん汚おの罪つみで告こく発はつされた。

  The politician was accused of greed and corruption.

• 歴れき史し書しょには役やく人にんの貪たん汚おが記しるされている。

  The history book records the avarice and corruption of officials.