corrupt
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Harshey-Jones also pleaded guilty to a charge of corrupt or improper exercise of his police powers and privileges by looking up his own incident on the computer log.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Before the Rand Refinery can handle the metal, it needs to ensure it is mined in a responsible manner, including without damaging the environment, mistreating workers or funding corrupt officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
“I just want to do what I can for our community and not focus on how corrupt the government is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
"You must be sure that your hands are clean. You can't be fighting corruption when your hands are soiled with corrupt practices," Olukoyede said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Arm could sense the spirit: an old, corrupt warthog grown fat on the flesh of its young.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
The old adage is true: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
His relationship with his Jewish neighbors, the Brodskys, grows closer as Nazi power corrupts France.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
“Money spent very quickly on the military corrupts very quickly,” said Dennis Wilder, a senior fellow at Georgetown University and former U.S. intelligence officer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
What we know about power is that it always corrupts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
The very desire of it corrupts the heart.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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
Nats said in a report last week that the software glitch happened "in the space of a millisecond" leading to the system producing corrupted data.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The papers that have used the corrupted data set remain in the literature today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
He’s corrupted from the inside by a system that has no regard for his humanity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
American life had so corrupted their consciousness that they were unable to recognize their friends when they saw them.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
“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
It is shocking to read here of the coarsening and corrupting effect of such spectacles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
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
They said I would be a corrupting influence.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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