کلمه‌ای را انتخاب کنید که جمله را به طور دقیق‌تر کامل کند.

Choose the one word that most precisely completes the sentence.

The minister’s repeated claims that he had acted entirely in the public interest did little to dispel the suspicion that his policies had been deliberately crafted to benefit a handful of wealthy donors. Critics accused him of ______ his official position for private gain while maintaining a veneer of public service.

A) aggrandizing

B) instrumentalizing

C) obfuscating

D) circumventing