bribery
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Konstantinos Diamantis, Connecticut’s former school-construction chief, fled to Greece ahead of his sentencing for extortion and bribery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Annie Clark, Collins’ deputy chief of staff, told ProPublica in an email that Collins’ office “vigorously” denies allegations of bribery and pay-for-play made by Kao, calling his claims “outlandish.”
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Legal experts, meanwhile, say the pledge — however unusual — is unlikely to run afoul of federal bribery and vote-buying statutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Xu pleaded guilty in April to charges that also included embezzlement and bribery, the court said at the time.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
And don’t be tempted by bribery or other offers.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
In spite of all the watchfulness, and all the briberies of his police, he could never bend to his own service the whole of this power.
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
The last war between Russia and Turkey brought to light official fraud and briberies, connected especially with the commissary department of the army, which disgraced the whole nation in the eyes of the world.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou
The barefaced acts of injustice and shameless briberies daily occurring in the Mehkames, or halls of justice, would seem almost incredible to an European, and especially an Englishman.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt
But whether Mr. Hastings had the example of others or not, their example could not justify his briberies.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Now your Lordships will find, that, of these faithful domestic servants, there is not one of them who was not concerned in these enormous briberies, and in betraying their own native and natural master.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
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