corruptly

Example Sentences

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“He was not living the life of an exiled corrupt Latin American leader rich with the spoils of monies corruptly earned,” his attorneys wrote in a pre-sentencing memo seeking just six years behind bars.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Then, during the Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin eras, the idea took hold that, if you gave people a better living, they'd have less motivation to act corruptly.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

It applies to anyone who corruptly destroys evidence or “otherwise obstructs, influences or impedes any official proceeding.”

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Nauta is indicted on charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document in a federal investigation, scheming to conceal and making false statements and representations.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023

The words euere-il del are corruptly repeated from line 1330 above.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown