汚職|おしょくoshoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcorruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 汚職する（おしょくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 汚職します（おしょくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 汚職しない（おしょくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 汚職しません（おしょくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 汚職せず・汚職せぬ（おしょくせず・おしょくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 汚職した（おしょくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 汚職しました（おしょくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 汚職しなかった（おしょくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 汚職しませんでした（おしょくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 汚職して（おしょくして） |
| Potential | 汚職できる（おしょくできる） |
| Passive | 汚職される（おしょくされる） |
| Causative | 汚職させる（おしょくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 汚職させられる（おしょくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 汚職すれば（おしょくすれば） |
| tara | 汚職したら（おしょくしたら） |
| Volitional | 汚職しよう（おしょくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 汚職しましょう（おしょくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 汚職しろ（おしょくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related贈収賄ぞうしゅうわいWrittenWritten/formal prose: covers both giving and taking bribes, common in law and reporting; 「汚職」 broadly covers officials' misuse of office, not just bribery.
- Related腐敗ふはいNeutralNeutral. Literally rot or spoilage; figuratively the decay of organizations and politics. 「汚職」 denotes concrete acts: bribery, embezzlement, dereliction of duty.
- Related買収ばいしゅうNeutralNeutral. Mainly business acquisitions and takeovers, but also buying people off; the target need not be an official, while 「汚職」 always has officials as its subject.
- RelatedスキャンダルNeutralNeutral loanword for scandals that tarnish a famous person's name, love affairs included; not necessarily illegal. 「汚職」 is officials taking bribes and misusing office.
- Related疑獄ぎごくWrittenWritten/formal prose: major bribery cases involving senior officials or politicians; the focus is on the case itself. 「汚職」 is the wrongdoing and covers a wider range.
- Related贈賄ぞうわいWrittenWritten/formal prose: only the act of giving a bribe. 「汚職」 centers on the official's side — taking bribes, dereliction of duty and other misuse of office.
- Related不正事件ふせいじけんNeutralNeutral term for cases of misconduct using money or position; the party involved is not limited. 「汚職」 is officials' wrongdoing using their authority.
- Antonym清廉せいれんWrittenWritten/formal prose antonym on the integrity axis: pure of heart and free of selfish desire; often used to praise the character of officials and politicians.
- Antonym潔白けっぱくNeutralNeutral antonym on the innocence axis: upright conduct with no wrongdoing; also used of proving one's innocence, as in 「身の潔白」.
Use 「汚職」 for bribery, embezzlement and similar acts by public officials exploiting their position, as in 「汚職事件」. When stressing both sides of a bribe, use 「贈収賄」; major political bribery cases are 「疑獄」. The opposites are 「清廉」 and 「潔白」.
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