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Expediency is defined as someone or something that is defined as appropriate for a situation or someone doing something for selfish reasons.

(noun)

An example of expediency is a company that's losing money laying off employees.
An example of expediency is a politician appointing someone to a position because they donated money to their campaign.

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See expediency in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. expediencies

the quality or state of being expedient; suitability for a given purpose; appropriateness to the conditions
the doing or consideration of what is of selfish use or advantage rather than of what is right or just; self-interest
an expedient

Also expedience

See expediency in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. ex·pe·di·en·cies

Appropriateness to the purpose at hand; fitness.
Adherence to self-serving means: an ambitious politician, guided by expediency rather than principle.
A means; an expedient.
Obsolete Speed; haste.

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