How to Use self-enrichment in a Sentence

self-enrichment

noun
  • But the amount of self-enrichment going on in the administration should be covered.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
  • His politics is the politics of self-enrichment, one big quest for beneficial extractables.
    — M. Gessen, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In this second presidency, his main work has been spectacular self-enrichment, even as the economy has sagged under the weight of his catastrophic trade wars.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
  • The indictment claims the purpose of Venezuela’s drug trafficking apparatus goes beyond self-enrichment.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The indictment claims the purpose of Venezuela’s drug trafficking apparatus goes beyond self-enrichment.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
  • 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.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Another 7% mentioned corruption and self-enrichment while 6% simply said everything.
    — Emily Guskin, ABC News, 27 May 2026
  • In all probability, Noem’s fatal error was not infidelity, incompetence, or self-enrichment.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Scholars and religious leaders argue that Congo’s political elite should emulate Kimbangu’s spirit of personal sacrifice for freedom rather than pursuing self-enrichment at the expense of the nation’s sovereignty.
    — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) agreed to hold that vote, though the language will have to be adjusted after the Senate ethics committee found that senators could not profit due to concerns about self-enrichment, Politico previously reported.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Independents said the worst thing about Republicans was their loyalty to Trump (10%), perceptions of corruption and self-enrichment (8%), dishonesty, hypocrisy or immorality (7%), a lack of concern for ordinary people or cruelty (6%), and ineffective and weak or unqualified leadership (5%).
    — Emily Guskin, ABC News, 27 May 2026

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