private gain in a sentence

Examples

1. The Justice Department this summer declined to prosecute Packwood on charges of abusing his office for private gain.
2. The jury has said that people who hold positions of trust will not leverage them for private gain.
3. It quoted the House ethics manual as saying members " should not seek private gain from public office ."
4. They have abused the trust of the United States government by using personal relationships, on occasion, for private gain.
5. They accuse her lawyer, Gregory Reed and her caretaker, Elaine Steele, of exploiting their ailing aunt for private gain.
6. The position is unpaid but is subject to government ethics rules that prohibit using public office for private gain.
7. On capital, on private gain.
8. The term originally was used to describe northerners who sought private gain from Reconstruction governments in the post-Civil-War South.
9. The panel ruled against Moose last month, saying employees could not trade on their government activities for private gain.
10. According to federal law, U . S . government employees are not allowed to use public office for private gain.