29/09/06 Here are few words taken randomly from the dictionary,

just food for thought.

suspicion

n 1: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition

that something had gone wrong" (syn: intuition, hunch) 2: doubt about

someone's honesty (syn: misgiving, mistrust, distrust) 3: the state of being

suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion" 4: being of a suspicious

nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage" (syn: suspiciousness)

conflict of interest

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

official's personal interests

prevarication

n 1: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (syn: lie) 2:

intentionally vague or ambiguous (syn: equivocation, evasiveness) 3: the

deliberate act of deviating from the truth (syn: lying, fabrication)

corruption

n 1: lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery);

use of a position of trust for dishonest gain (syn: corruptness) (ant:

incorruptness) 2: in a state of progressive putrefaction (syn: putrescence,

putrid ness, rottenness) 3: decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) 4: moral

perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and

corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual

degeneration"; "its brothels; its opium parlours; its depravity" (syn:

degeneracy, depravity) 5: destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or

loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big

city's subversion of rural innocence" (syn: subversion) 6: inducement (as of

a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by

committing a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"

indignation

n : a feeling of righteous anger (syn: outrage)

resignation

n 1: acceptance of despair (syn: surrender) 2: the act of giving up (a claim

or office or possession etc.) 3: a formal document giving notice of your

intention to resign; "he submitted his resignation as of next month"

Sébastien Merval.

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