The papers found lots of monkey business when they investigated the Recruit scandal.
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Recruit
//ɹɪˈkɹut//
Synonyms for "recruit" (208 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (62)
Related words (104)
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Verb(2 words)
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
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2 entriesrelated to
62 entriesShowing 16 of 62 words.
Translations
205 translations across 49 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- rekrut noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Armenian
1 entries- զորակոչիկ noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Belarusian
4 entries- навабра́нец noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- прызыўні́к noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- рэ́крут noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- вербава́ць verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Bulgarian
4 entries- на́борник noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- нае́мен рабо́тник noun (hired worker)
- новобра́нец noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- попъ́лване noun (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement)
Catalan
2 entries- recluta noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- reclutar verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 新兵 noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- 征募 verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
- 徵兵 /征兵 verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- 招募 verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Czech
4 entries- branec noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- rekrut noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- naverbovat verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- rekrutovat verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Danish
2 entries- hverve verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- rekruttere verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Dutch
4 entries- rekruut noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- aanwerven verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- rekruteren verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- rekruteren verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Esperanto
3 entries- rekruto noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- adeptigi verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- varbi verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Estonian
1 entries- noorsõdur noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Finnish
4 entries- alokas noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- rekryytti noun (hired worker)
- rekryytti noun (biology: new member of population)
- tulokas noun (hired worker)
French
4 entries- recrue noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- enrôler verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- recruter verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- recruter verb (To prompt to intervene in a body region)
Galician
3 entries- recruta noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- recrutar verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- recrutar verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Georgian
4 entries- ახალწვეული noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- გაწვეული noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- რეკრუტი noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- წვევამდელი noun (newly enlisted soldier)
German
4 entries- Rekrut noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- anwerben verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- rekrutieren verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- rekrutieren verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Greek
3 entries- νεοσύλλεκτος noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- προσλαμβάνω verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- στρατολογώ verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Hindi
1 entries- रंगरूट noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Hungarian
4 entries- regruta noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- újonc noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- toboroz verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- verbuvál verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Icelandic
1 entries- nýliði noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Indonesian
2 entries- rekrut noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- rekrut noun (hired worker)
Irish
4 entries- earcach noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- earcach noun (hired worker)
- earcaigh verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- earcaigh verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Italian
4 entries- arruolato noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- recluta noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- reintegro noun (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement)
- rimpiazzo noun (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement)
Japanese
3 entries- 徴集兵 noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- 新兵 noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- 募集する verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Korean
3 entries- 신병 noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- 징집병 noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- 모집하다 verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Latin
1 entries- tiro noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Latvian
1 entries- iesācējs noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Lithuanian
2 entries- naujokas noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- verbuoti verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Macedonian
4 entries- регрут noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- вр́бува verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- на́јми verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- на́јмува verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Māori
3 entries- ika tauhou noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- taritari verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- taritari verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- rekrutt noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- rekrutt noun (hired worker)
- rekruttere verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- rekruttere verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- rekrutt noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- rekrutt noun (hired worker)
- rekruttera verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- rekruttera verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- یازمق verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- یازمق verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Polish
4 entries- rekrut noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- rekrutka noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- rekrutować verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- rekrutować verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Portuguese
4 entries- recruta noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- reforço noun (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement)
- recrutar verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- recrutar verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Romanian
1 entries- recrut noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Russian
4 entries- наёмный рабо́чий noun (hired worker)
- новобра́нец noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- пополне́ние noun (supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement)
- призывни́к noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- règrūt noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- рѐгрӯт noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Slovak
4 entries- branec noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- rekrut noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- naverbovať verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- verbovať verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Slovene
1 entries- nabornik noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Spanish
4 entries- contratado noun (hired worker)
- recluta noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- reclutar verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- reclutar verb (to supply with new men, as an army)
Swahili
2 entries- kurutu noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- sajili verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Swedish
3 entries- rekryt noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- rekrytera verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
- värva verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Tagalog
1 entries- sungko noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Turkish
1 entries- acemi er noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Ukrainian
4 entries- новобра́нець noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- призо́вник noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- призовни́к noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- ре́крут noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lính mới noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- tuyển dụng verb (to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees)
Welsh
2 entries- adfilwr noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- recríwt noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Yiddish
2 entries- פּריזיווניק noun (newly enlisted soldier)
- רעקרוט noun (newly enlisted soldier)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
That politician has come down in the world since the so-called "Recruit scandal" was publicized.
Source: tatoeba (68049)
The Recruit scandal is a corruption scandal concerning public officials and politicians who accepted as bribes undisclosed shares from the RecruitCoscom company. The shares had been rising steadily.
Source: tatoeba (390643)
I cannot recruit a cleaner. I can clean my office by myself.
Source: tatoeba (1687019)
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