self-enrichment
noun
self-en·rich·ment
ˌself-in-ˈrich-mənt 
: the act or process of increasing one's intellectual or spiritual resources
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Liberation is funny, poignant and, yes, liberating in its expression of the very human need for justice and freedom in an era when those words have been co-opted by forces who value only self-enrichment.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
The provision, quietly tucked into the funding bill, set off a firestorm of criticism with the GOP, with many House members calling the move a self-enrichment scheme.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
The post-Super movies have more complex, contradictory characters but less ambiguity about what’s right (egalitarian societies in which every citizen has a voice) and what’s wrong (cultlike obedience to fascistic belief systems that have no interest in anything but domination and self-enrichment).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
In interviews to promote the book, Manchin has spoken against Republicans’ ceding of legislative privileges to Trump, and Trump’s self-enrichment and buddy act with Putin.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The indictment claims the purpose of Venezuela’s drug trafficking apparatus goes beyond self-enrichment.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Self-preservation and self-enrichment are his goals.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
Such an obvious scheme of self-enrichment draws plenty of negative coverage.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
The provision, quietly tucked into the funding bill, set off a firestorm of criticism with the GOP, with many House members calling the move a self-enrichment scheme.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
The post-Super movies have more complex, contradictory characters but less ambiguity about what’s right (egalitarian societies in which every citizen has a voice) and what’s wrong (cultlike obedience to fascistic belief systems that have no interest in anything but domination and self-enrichment).
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
In interviews to promote the book, Manchin has spoken against Republicans’ ceding of legislative privileges to Trump, and Trump’s self-enrichment and buddy act with Putin.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The indictment claims the purpose of Venezuela’s drug trafficking apparatus goes beyond self-enrichment.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Self-preservation and self-enrichment are his goals.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
Such an obvious scheme of self-enrichment draws plenty of negative coverage.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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