corruption

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But he had not wished to give battle until he was strong enough to give a battle which, even if he lost it, would not strengthen the hold of the corruptionists.

From The Cost by Phillips, David Graham

This time he was opposing no weak, timorous or unsophisticated competitors, but a group of the most powerful and astute organizers and corruptionists.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Myers, Gustavus

The corruptionists and their tool met at the Delavan House, an old-fashioned hotel at which politicians in and around the capital were wont to congregate, and waited for the young assemblyman.

From American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Stratemeyer, Edward

That able and honorable gentleman, Judge Gresham, whose well-known courage and integrity rendered him unavailable as a candidate for the Presidency at Chicago, points openly to these respectable corruptionists as the real wrong doers.

From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various

Some of the leading corruptionists on both sides were given court sentences and the building trades' council accepted modifications in the "working rules" formulated by the counsel for the investigating committee.

From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Perlman, Selig