jobbery \ JOB-uh-ree \ noun – The conduct of public or official business for the sake of improper private gain. Origin: Jobbery combines the sense of job and robbery and reflects the historically negative connotation of job, whose definition may derive from gob, as in “a mass or lump.”

ferret \ FER-it \ verb – To search out, discover or bring to light. To harry, worry or torment. noun – Domesticated, usually red-eyed and albinic variety of the polecat. A narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc. Origin: Ferret originates in the Latin furonem, both “cat” and [...]