corruption
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Nigeria is no stranger to large-scale corruption but previous scandals have tended to share a common ending: many names mentioned, few convictions.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2026
Although the song “Undercover of the Night” nicely melds a solid guitar riff with trenchant lyrics about political corruption and violence in South America, the rest of the album wilts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a leading opposition figure, was removed again from court on Wednesday, at the latest hearing in his trial for corruption, Turkish media said.
From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026
As in the Progressive Era, Americans want solutions to weed out government corruption.
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2026
Here were women, all of them under thirty and some as young as sixteen, who were building nonprofits, training other women to be entrepreneurs, and risking imprisonment to report on government corruption.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing corruption
"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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