conflict of interest
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conflict of interest
noun conflicts of interest · COI
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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.
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.
Similar: COI
- The competing interest itself.
Opposite: impartiality, disinterested § Synonyms
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Opposite: impartiality, disinterested § Synonyms
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noun conflicting interest in position of trust
| Español | conflicto de intereses |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 利益相反 rieki sōhan |
| 中文 | 利益衝突 /利益冲突 lìyì chōngtū, 利害衝突 /利害冲突 lìhài chōngtū |
| Kiswahili | mgongano wa maslahi |
| Português | conflito de interesses |
| Français | conflit d'intérêts |
| Deutsch | Interessenkonflikt, Interessenwiderstreit, Befangenheit |
| Italiano | conflitto d'interesse |
| Русский | конфли́кт интересов konflíkt interesov |
| Tiếng Việt | xung đột lợi ích |
| العربية | تَضَارُب مَصَالِح taḍārub maṣāliḥ |
| עברית | ניגוד אינטרסים |
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title = {conflict of interest},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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