self-enrichment
noun
self-en·rich·ment
ˌself-in-ˈrich-mənt 
: the act or process of increasing one's intellectual or spiritual resources
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But the amount of self-enrichment going on in the administration should be covered.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
Scholars and religious leaders argue that Congo’s political elite should emulate Kimbangu’s spirit of personal sacrifice for freedom rather than pursuing self-enrichment at the expense of the nation’s sovereignty.
—Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
In all probability, Noem’s fatal error was not infidelity, incompetence, or self-enrichment.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) agreed to hold that vote, though the language will have to be adjusted after the Senate ethics committee found that senators could not profit due to concerns about self-enrichment, Politico previously reported.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
His politics is the politics of self-enrichment, one big quest for beneficial extractables.
—M. Gessen, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Liberation is funny, poignant and, yes, liberating in its expression of the very human need for justice and freedom in an era when those words have been co-opted by forces who value only self-enrichment.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
The post-Super movies have more complex, contradictory characters but less ambiguity about what’s right (egalitarian societies in which every citizen has a voice) and what’s wrong (cultlike obedience to fascistic belief systems that have no interest in anything but domination and self-enrichment).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
The indictment claims the purpose of Venezuela’s drug trafficking apparatus goes beyond self-enrichment.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
Scholars and religious leaders argue that Congo’s political elite should emulate Kimbangu’s spirit of personal sacrifice for freedom rather than pursuing self-enrichment at the expense of the nation’s sovereignty.
—Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
In all probability, Noem’s fatal error was not infidelity, incompetence, or self-enrichment.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) agreed to hold that vote, though the language will have to be adjusted after the Senate ethics committee found that senators could not profit due to concerns about self-enrichment, Politico previously reported.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
His politics is the politics of self-enrichment, one big quest for beneficial extractables.
—M. Gessen, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Liberation is funny, poignant and, yes, liberating in its expression of the very human need for justice and freedom in an era when those words have been co-opted by forces who value only self-enrichment.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
The post-Super movies have more complex, contradictory characters but less ambiguity about what’s right (egalitarian societies in which every citizen has a voice) and what’s wrong (cultlike obedience to fascistic belief systems that have no interest in anything but domination and self-enrichment).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
The indictment claims the purpose of Venezuela’s drug trafficking apparatus goes beyond self-enrichment.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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