self-deal

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ deal.

Verb

self-deal (third-person singular simple present self-deals, present participle self-dealing, simple past and past participle self-dealt)

1. To deal with oneself. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. To engage in dealings favorable to oneself as principal, taking advantage of one's position as fiduciary.
   • 2019 November 19, “WeWork: New York attorney general investigating founder's possible self-dealing”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Among the issues the NYAG is examining is whether WeWork’s founder and former chief executive, Adam Neumann, indulged in self-dealing to enrich himself.

Anagrams

• seedfall