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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The competing interest itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: situation
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Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَضَارُب مَصَالِح
(taḍārub maṣāliḥ)
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Armenian:
շահերի բախում
(šaheri baxum)
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Bulgarian:
конфликт на интереси
(konflikt na interesi)
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Chinese Mandarin:
利益衝突 /利益冲突
(lìyì chōngtū)
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Chinese Mandarin:
利害衝突 /利害冲突
(lìhài chōngtū)
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Czech:
střet zájmů
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Finnish:
eturistiriita
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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French:
conflit d'intérêts
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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German:
Interessenkonflikt
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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German:
Interessenwiderstreit
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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German:
Befangenheit
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Hebrew:
ניגוד אינטרסים
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Hungarian:
érdekellentét
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Hungarian:
összeférhetetlenség
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Icelandic:
hagsmunaárekstur
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Indonesian:
konflik kepentingan
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Indonesian:
benturan kepentingan
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Italian:
conflitto d'interesse
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Japanese:
利益相反
(rieki sōhan)
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Malay:
percanggahan kepentingan
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Malay:
pertelingkahan kepentingan
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Malay:
konflik kepentingan
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Malayalam:
താത്പര്യവ്യത്യാസം
(tātparyavyatyāsaṁ)
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Polish:
konflikt interesów
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Portuguese:
conflito de interesses
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Russian:
конфли́кт интересов
(konflíkt interesov)
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Spanish:
conflicto de intereses
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Swahili:
mgongano wa maslahi
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Swedish:
intressekonflikt
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Thai:
การขัดกันแห่งผลประโยชน์
(gaan-kàt-gan-hɛ̀ng-pǒn-bprà-yòot)
— conflicting interest in position of trust
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Vietnamese:
xung đột lợi ích
— conflicting interest in position of trust