self-dealing
noun
self-deal·ing
ˈself-ˈdē-liŋ 
: engagement in a transaction for the benefit of oneself rather than for the benefits of someone to whom one owes a fiduciary duty
Examples of self-dealing in a Sentence
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The resignation of Mayor Catherine Pugh amid a self-dealing scandal is not long in the rearview mirror for Baltimoreans.
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Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
The head of Carta’s troubled broker-dealer business has left the company, months after the group was publicly accused of self-dealing in a viral social media post, Fortune has learned.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 2 May 2024
And prosecutors will be allowed to inform jurors of an agreement that the Trump Foundation would be dissolved as a result of an investigation into self-dealing transactions.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
According to critics, that amounts to self-dealing at the consumers’ expense.
—Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
The Associated Press Carta’s self-dealing scandal Equity management startup Carta is ending its business as a broker, following a self-dealing scandal that broke over the weekend.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
The rules are incredibly strict on the care that a fiduciary must exercise to avoid self-dealing and put the interests of the beneficiaries first.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
In any event, if the defense can establish financial self-dealing by prosecutors that potentially rises to the level of state or federal violations of law, that would bolster the argument for disqualifying the district attorney and special prosecutor.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Feb. 2024
Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned in 2019 and served time in federal prison for a self-dealing scandal involving children’s books.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
The head of Carta’s troubled broker-dealer business has left the company, months after the group was publicly accused of self-dealing in a viral social media post, Fortune has learned.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 2 May 2024
And prosecutors will be allowed to inform jurors of an agreement that the Trump Foundation would be dissolved as a result of an investigation into self-dealing transactions.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
According to critics, that amounts to self-dealing at the consumers’ expense.
—Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
The Associated Press Carta’s self-dealing scandal Equity management startup Carta is ending its business as a broker, following a self-dealing scandal that broke over the weekend.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
The rules are incredibly strict on the care that a fiduciary must exercise to avoid self-dealing and put the interests of the beneficiaries first.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
In any event, if the defense can establish financial self-dealing by prosecutors that potentially rises to the level of state or federal violations of law, that would bolster the argument for disqualifying the district attorney and special prosecutor.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Feb. 2024
Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned in 2019 and served time in federal prison for a self-dealing scandal involving children’s books.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Self-dealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-dealing. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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