Word Meaning 汚職

おしょく oshoku

汚職 is read as おしょく (oshoku) and means corruption.

Meaning

English

  1. corruption

Reading

Kana

おしょく

Romaji

oshoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Related Words 不祥事,スキャンダル,汚職事件,不正事件,注目する,注目を集める,注目される,注目を浴びる Rank 3973 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

汚職政治家

おしょくせいじか

corrupt politician

汚職警官

おしょくけいかん

corrupt policeman

政治汚職

せいじおしょく

political corruption

構造汚職

こうぞうおしょく

structural corruption

汚職疑惑

おしょくぎわく

suspicion of corruption

汚職撲滅

おしょくぼくめつ

eradication of corruption

汚す

けがす

to disgrace

汚れ

よごれ

dirt

汚れる

よごれる

to get dirty

汚い

きたない

stingy

汚点

おてん

stain

汚物

おぶつ

filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine)

Example Sentences

7

Dan discovered that Matt was a corrupt cop.

He is said to have something to do with the political scandal.

It seems that the policeman in this TV series is a dirty cop who abuses his authority.

If a politician accepting money from a corporation isn't corruption, what is it?

The papers found lots of monkey business when they investigated the Recruit scandal.

The Lockheed scandal is a worldwide corruption scandal involving the major American plane manufacturer Lockheed. It came to light in February 1976 and revolved mainly around the acceptance of passenger plane contracts.

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.