There was real self-dealing and bad stuff going on.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2008] Reference

(This would be the classic case of “self-dealing”.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Jimmy Wales Quietly Launches Wikianswers] Reference

It's called "self-dealing," and it's supposed to be illegal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: Why Do Deficit Hawks Hate Social Security?] Reference

Too bad his campaign buddies reek of self-dealing corruption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christy Hardin Smith: McCain's Cronies: You Gotta Have Friends] Reference

Maybe all those shady self-dealing practices of mutual funds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeff Madrick: A Christmas Gift from America to Wall Street] Reference

The nation was beset by internal factions, greed and self-dealing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes: What the Framers Knew and Alan Greenspan Didn't] Reference

Draw your own conclusion as to whether this seems like self-dealing advice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roger I. Abrams: Drug Testing Hubris] Reference

The first involves self-dealing or what might be called "crony compensation.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Rob Shapiro: Why, Yes, We Do Have to Regulate Some Executive Pay] Reference

All together, a picture of greed, self-dealing, irresponsibility and incompetence.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2002] Reference

I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2008] Reference

It insisted that family-owned banks add outside directors, to reduce self-dealing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Central Bank's Tricky Path] Reference

I came to office promising major ethics reform, to end the culture of self-dealing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palin Speaks, Republicans Cheer] Reference

There is no evidence of self-dealing; still, it appears that Kerik got unusually lucky.    From Wordnik.com.  [ENTER THE 'MAYHEM MAGNET'] Reference

That is undisclosed self-dealing, and a month ago, this would've been seen as unlawful.    From Wordnik.com.  [High Court Reins In Use Of Fraud Law] Reference

PALIN: I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2008] Reference

Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Need to Recapitalize the Banks] Reference

They reveal in detail the culture of entitlement and self-dealing that typifies modern Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rangel Dispensation] Reference

Today the trustees confront a dizzying list of allegations of mismanagement, financial impropriety and self-dealing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trouble In Paradise] Reference

Second, there may have been self-dealing by a small number of executives, among whom I have not and cannot be counted.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 26, 2002] Reference

That's why all major good governent groups in NYC opposed this undemocratic, self-dealing power grab as "disgraceful.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Green: Bloomberg 1 -- Democracy 0] Reference

Back in Jakarta, similar worries about Riady cash balances and self-dealing prompted a run on Lippo Bank two years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Money On The Move] Reference

But there's nothing independent voters hate more than the self-dealing and incumbent protection that earmarks represent.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Republican Panic] Reference

Many CDOs are structured in ways that offer opportunities for abusive self-dealing, and the Triaxx deals were no exception.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Fiderer: An S.E.C. Lawsuit Does Little to Strip Away the Secrecy Surrounding Certain AIG CDOs] Reference

For a man who styles himself a "straight talker," there sure is a whole lotta self-dealing smarm in his inner circle, isn't there?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christy Hardin Smith: McCain's Cronies: You Gotta Have Friends] Reference

The business is riddled with self-dealing, unsound investments, unsuitable policies, highpressure selling and unbridled sales expenses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Here They Go Again] Reference

The investment firm Tweedy, Browne raised questions months ago about the payments and certain arrangements that looked like self-dealing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Eye For Conrad Black] Reference

It may take time to dismantle what Kaiser calls "the culture of money, lobbying, and self-dealing that has metastasized over four decades.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Hanbury: Capitol Hill: Parties All the Time] Reference

To make his case, he stretched to the breaking point several obscure state laws designed to protect nonprofits from self-dealing directors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grasso's Payback] Reference

A corporation caught in this kind of self-dealing – faking payments to extract billions, then laundering the money – would be indicted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medicaid Money Laundering] Reference

These lenders were smart enough to see how ESOP law was being exploited in quasi self-dealing fashion to let Chandler get out on favorable terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zell's Hell] Reference

Over the last two years of the housing bubble, Wall Street bankers perpetrated one of the greatest episodes of self-dealing in financial history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Banks' Self-Dealing, Fake Demand Made Financial Crisis Much Worse] Reference

EBay alleged the move to dilute its stake was a secret "self-dealing" scheme that caused it to lose its right to elect a Craigslist board member.    From Wordnik.com.  [EBay Wins Suit Over Craigslist 'Pill'] Reference

"The most obvious of these (conflicts) is the possibility of self-dealing to the detriment of the agency's client, the author," the Guild's message said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wylie Agency Shouldn't Make Exclusive Deals With Amazon, Says Authors Guild] Reference

But her attitude surely changed after the chairman of the CBC Foundation, Rep. Donald Payne (D-N. J.) slammed her actions as “self-dealing” and “unethical.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson's dumb scholarship awards] Reference

The economic power of the Empire State was once mighty enough to mask the inefficiencies, corruption and self-dealing that is all too common in New York state government.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steven Cohen: A Sustainable City Requires Increased Mass Transit Subsidies] Reference

He has come out with some fairly scathing remarks about this ordeal saying that, quote, "There will be no self-dealing or nepotism in the awarding of college scholarships.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Congresswoman Apologizes For Misusing Funds] Reference