The politician was accused of nepotism when he employed his wife in his electoral office, without advertising the position.
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Nepotism
//ˈnɛp.ə.tɪ.zəm//
Synonyms for "nepotism" (30 found)
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60 translations across 40 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- nepotizëm noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- nepotizm noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- qohumbazlıq noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- tanışbazlıq noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Bulgarian
1 entries- шуробаджанащина noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Catalan
1 entries- nepotisme noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 任人唯親 /任人唯亲 noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- 偏袒 noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- 裙帶關係 /裙带关系 noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Czech
2 entries- nepotismus noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- nepotizmus noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Danish
1 entries- nepotisme noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Dutch
2 entries- nepotisme noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- vriendjespolitiek noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Esperanto
1 entries- nepotismo noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Estonian
2 entries- nepotism noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- onupojapoliitika noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Finnish
1 entries- nepotismi noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
French
2 entries- copinage noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- népotisme noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Galician
1 entries- nepotismo noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Georgian
1 entries- ნეპოტიზმი noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
German
2 entries- Nepotismus noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- Vetternwirtschaft noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Greek
1 entries- οικογενειοκρατία noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Hebrew
1 entries- נֶפּוֹטִיזְם noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Hindi
1 entries- भाई-भतीजावाद noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Hungarian
1 entries- nepotizmus noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Icelandic
1 entries- frændhygli noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Ido
1 entries- nepotismo noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Indonesian
1 entries- nepotisme noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Irish
1 entries- finíochas noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Italian
1 entries- nepotismo noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Japanese
1 entries- 縁者贔屓 noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Khmer
1 entries- ញាតិមិត្តនិយម noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Korean
1 entries- 족벌주의 noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Mandinka
1 entries- baadinfaasaa noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Marathi
1 entries- घराणेशाही noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Polish
1 entries- nepotyzm noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Portuguese
1 entries- nepotismo noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Romanian
1 entries- nepotism noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Russian
2 entries- кумовство́ noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- непоти́зм noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Spanish
2 entries- nepotismo noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- sobrinazgo noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Swahili
1 entries- upendeleo wa ndugu noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Swedish
2 entries- nepotism noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- svågerpolitik noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Thai
1 entries- คติเห็นแก่ญาติ noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Turkish
4 entries- adam kayırma noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- iltimas noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- kayırma noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- kayırmacılık noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кумі́вство noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- непоти́зм noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
Welsh
2 entries- neiedd noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
- neigarwch noun (favoring of relatives or personal friends)
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They accused him of nepotism.
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She was accused for nepotism.
Source: tatoeba (4773978)
Nepotism is widespread in Eastern countries.
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