corruption
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The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and other news outlets previously reported on AB.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Corruption allegations, therefore, couldn’t have come at a worse time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"Corruption and exploitation are thriving right now within the gaps and loopholes of prediction markets," said US Senator Andy Kim from New Jersey.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
The anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International has labelled Hungary as the EU's most corrupt country alongside Bulgaria in its Corruption Perceptions Index.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
With the skill of an Orpheus to soften the brute, With the fire of Prometheus to kindle mankind, Even Tyranny, listening, sat melted, or mute, And Corruption shrunk, scorch'd, from the glance of his mind.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne
Vocabulary lists containing corruption
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