corrupt
Example Sentences
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He said authorities had been working to recover images from the home surveillance system that "may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors - including the removal of recording devices".
From BBC
The central question: Will there ever come a time when justice will prevail — and impunity will recede — in cases of Mexican journalists targeted by organized crime, corrupt politicians and others?
From Los Angeles Times
The old adage is true: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
From Salon
His relationship with his Jewish neighbors, the Brodskys, grows closer as Nazi power corrupts France.
From Los Angeles Times
As for the claim that "corrupt payments" had been made to a police officer, White said the documents had been sourced by Churcher from "exhibits placed on the public record" in civil proceedings involving Epstein.
From BBC
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