Phrase guide

conflict of interest

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

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noun

Meaning 2

The competing interest itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 3

a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: situation

History

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَضَارُب مَصَالِح (taḍārub maṣāliḥ) — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Armenian: շահերի բախում (šaheri baxum) — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Bulgarian: конфликт на интереси (konflikt na interesi) — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 利益衝突 /利益冲突 (lìyì chōngtū) — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 利害衝突 /利害冲突 (lìhài chōngtū) — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Czech: střet zájmů — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Finnish: eturistiriita — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • French: conflit d'intérêts — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • German: Interessenkonflikt — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • German: Interessenwiderstreit — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • German: Befangenheit — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Hebrew: ניגוד אינטרסים — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Hungarian: érdekellentét — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Hungarian: összeférhetetlenség — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Icelandic: hagsmunaárekstur — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Indonesian: konflik kepentingan — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Indonesian: benturan kepentingan — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Italian: conflitto d'interesse — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Japanese: 利益相反 (rieki sōhan) — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Malay: percanggahan kepentingan — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Malay: pertelingkahan kepentingan — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Malay: konflik kepentingan — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Malayalam: താത്പര്യവ്യത്യാസം (tātparyavyatyāsaṁ) — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Polish: konflikt interesów — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Portuguese: conflito de interesses — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Russian: конфли́кт интересов (konflíkt interesov) — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Spanish: conflicto de intereses — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Swahili: mgongano wa maslahi — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Swedish: intressekonflikt — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Thai: การขัดกันแห่งผลประโยชน์ (gaan-kàt-gan-hɛ̀ng-pǒn-bprà-yòot) — conflicting interest in position of trust
  • Vietnamese: xung đột lợi ích — conflicting interest in position of trust