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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According to critics, that amounts to self-dealing at the consumers’ expense.
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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
What emerged was a picture of a veteran workaholic attorney with a storied Los Angeles career (Kenner has litigated roughly 500 trials since 1968) whose management of Michel’s complex case could at best be described as overconfident and improvisational, and at worst self-dealing and deceptive.
—Michael Ames, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024
Disney and 20th Century Studios have settled a breach of contract lawsuit from film financier TSG Entertainment, which accused them of withholding profits and self-dealing to boost subscriber numbers for their streaming platforms.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
After evidence of the NRA’s self-dealing became public in 2019, the NRA and Ackerman accused each other of financial misconduct, with the gun-rights group claiming that the firm filed fraudulent invoices.
—Mike Spies, ProPublica, 11 Jan. 2024
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
What emerged was a picture of a veteran workaholic attorney with a storied Los Angeles career (Kenner has litigated roughly 500 trials since 1968) whose management of Michel’s complex case could at best be described as overconfident and improvisational, and at worst self-dealing and deceptive.
—Michael Ames, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024
Disney and 20th Century Studios have settled a breach of contract lawsuit from film financier TSG Entertainment, which accused them of withholding profits and self-dealing to boost subscriber numbers for their streaming platforms.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
After evidence of the NRA’s self-dealing became public in 2019, the NRA and Ackerman accused each other of financial misconduct, with the gun-rights group claiming that the firm filed fraudulent invoices.
—Mike Spies, ProPublica, 11 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1931, in the meaning defined above
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self-dealing
noun
self-deal·ing
ˈself-ˈdē-liŋ
: engagement in a transaction that is intended primarily to benefit one's self or the narrow interests of a few (as corporate insiders) rather than those to whom one owes a duty by virtue of one's position
self-dealing by a trustee
self-dealing
adjective
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