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I mean honestly, if it’s so bad and so corrupt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Notoriously corrupt Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli scarpered in similar fashion, though he was ultimately arrested by U.S. authorities in 2017 and sent back to serve a prison term.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Once that disposition exists, it is only a tiny step to corrupt action.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

The screenwriter’s contributions, Wasson notes, were key to Capra’s reputation for plots pitting the virtuous little guy against the corrupt system, with “the everyday David trouncing the corporate Goliath.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

It reflected his genuine conviction that England was an inherently corrupt society, the bastion of monarchical power, aristocratic privilege, and courtly intrigue.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The unseemly representation of necessary, lethal battle as some sort of videogame corrupts our national culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Davidson concedes that “those who worry that power corrupts and that once the right seizes power it too will be corrupted … have a point.”

From Salon ● May 13, 2025

Downs: I think power corrupts; and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024

What we know about power is that it always corrupts.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

The English historian Lord Acton famously said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Winter said: "That tells you the extent to which public opinion has ... corrupted."

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

While the word has been co-opted and corrupted by vision-board romantics and TikTok gurus, it’s still the key to making what we want happen.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Dive into this short story about humans’ first contact with an alien who’s been corrupted by some very modern vices.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

He is remembered as a conciliator of the American rebels and the author of schemes to reform the corrupted and unrepresentative House of Commons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Ma’am, we don’t care at Easons.We’d rather lose large amounts than have the people of Limerick and Ireland corrupted by this filth.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

“First Cow” is about the sweetness of friendship and French pastries in the wilds of Oregon during westward expansion; “The Weight” is about the corrupting forces of capitalism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Reasonable people will go in circles forever about whether specific cases are proof of the industry’s maturity or proof of its corrupting effect.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

The indictment accused him of impiety and added, “Socrates is…also guilty of corrupting the youth.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

But the judge said Bembridge had a public role and had failed to carry out his duties on behalf of the King for a corrupting motive.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

I know what she is thinking: of upright men in homburg hats, of black silk umbrellas and the corrupting rains of northern latitudes.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García