self-dealing

[ self-dee-ling ]

noun

1. financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-dealing¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

The lawsuit also accuses boss Sam Altman - a named defendant in the lawsuit - of "rampant self-dealing".

From BBC

Now the game shows are in the midst of a legal battle, with Sony accusing CBS of self-dealing.

From Los Angeles Times

We’ve watched for a decade as the media has tried its best to document Trump’s dumbness and dishonesty, his self-dealing and his vanity, his total lack of any interest in or aptitude for governance, his evidently weakening grip on reality.

From Slate

Many Democratic challengers sought to cast Republicans as self-dealing, extreme conservatives who are out of step with their districts.

From Los Angeles Times

The American right has been captured by a self-dealing cadre of liars and crackpots determined to make epistemic war on journalists, scholars, and anyone else whose pesky adherence to facts and logic might hamper the implementation of their rancid political project.

From Slate