corrupt
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Since the raid, U.S. prosecutors have softened their earlier depiction of the Cartel de los Soles as a hierarchical organization led by Maduro, instead framing it as a patronage network among corrupt senior officials.
In a second case in Milan, prosecutors said Aventall had made payments "of an allegedly corrupt nature" to Enviro Pacific Investments - the company which lent the money for the Sunninghill purchase.
From BBC
“It’s like a cursed artifact that gives you great power to keep up with what’s going on, but at the cost of subtly corrupting your soul,” said the 38-year-old Providence College economics professor.
The thirst for power has a way of corrupting even the most idealistic hearts, alas.
From Los Angeles Times
Movie themes are often over my head, but even I know that “The Lord of the Rings” was about the corrupting nature of power.
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