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Bbk_agp Posted 11 years ago
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There is some problem in bureaucracy of some countries, specially third world countries. It's that someone who knows you or who knows a friend of you tries to do your job out of queue and faster or do something illegal but shown as a legal one. I wonder is there any word to call these kind of people? Students keep asking, and I couldn't find any cue.
Best Regards
Babak
There is some problem in bureaucracy of some countries, specially third world countries. It's that someone who knows you or who knows a friend of you tries to do your job out of queue and faster or do something illegal but shown as a legal one. I wonder is there any word to call these kind of people? Students keep asking, and I couldn't find any cue.
Best Regards
Babak
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Off the top of my head, I don't know a word for the kind of person you describe. But you could try to use these related words: nepotism - the practice of employing family members in public positions or giving family members some advantage in administrative matters because of family connections, not merit cronyism - like nepotism, but for friends or peers pull strings for someone - obtain a benefit in a formal process through an informal connection with someone involved in this process. This idiom not always signify bad corruption - it depends on the context.
- Off the top of my head, I don't know a word for the kind of person you describe.
- But you could try to use these related words: nepotism - the practice of employing family members in public positions or giving family members some advantage in administrative matters because of family connections, not merit cronyism - like nepotism, but for friends or peers pull strings for someone - obtain a benefit in a formal process through an informal connection with someone involved in this process.
- This idiom not always signify bad corruption - it depends on the context.
- Kind regards, Michael
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Off the top of my head, I don't know a word for the kind of person you describe. But you could try to use these related words:
nepotism - the practice of employing family members in public positions or giving family members some advantage in administrative matters because of family connections, not merit
cronyism - like nepotism, but for friends or peers
pull strings fo
nepotism - the practice of employing family members in public positions or giving family members some advantage in administrative matters because of family connections, not merit
cronyism - like nepotism, but for friends or peers
pull strings fo
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Corrupt policemen, politicians or civil servants are government workers who can be bribed (or in other ways convinced) to circumvent the laws or process for personal gain, or to benefit their family or friends.
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