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Conflict of interest

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Noun
  1. 1
    A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests. countable, uncountable

    "Grassley continues to probe Abedin’s potential conflicts of interest when she was getting four different paychecks at once. “We know she set up dinners for Secretary Clinton and her private-sector employers and e-mailed private-sector employees from government accounts,” he says."

  2. 2
    a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests wordnet
  3. 3
    The competing interest itself. countable, uncountable

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