impropriety
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Ms. Curlee would need 10 times the courage to acknowledge the sins of her own agency, and not mainly for their impropriety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
TWG Global — the holding company of Dodgers owner Mark Walter — rejected allegations of financial impropriety in the purchase and operation of the Dodgers and reiterated the team is not for sale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Through all of the murky questions about the differences between power and glory, decency and impropriety, De Palma lands on a remarkable base of human connection that elevates “Blow Out” beyond the average thriller.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
But allegations of corruption and impropriety have surfaced, as reported by The Wall Street Journal in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
He could not, he explained, “without manifest impropriety, make the avowal or disavowal you seem to think necessary.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
A wide-ranging probe by the department’s internal watchdog is scrutinizing potential improprieties in the contracting process, including evidence of personal enrichment by top officials, report Tarini Parti, Josh Dawsey, Michelle Hackman and Summer Said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Clark and the union had engaged separate attorneys as federal authorities investigated alleged financial improprieties within the MLBPA, an affiliated licensing company and an affiliated youth sports venture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Sir Laurie said in his report that he had "not identified evidence of improprieties".
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
He’d been ousted from the Bears club, presumably because of the financial improprieties, and now he was coaching an adult group, called a masters team, on the university campus.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
A few of the men present, in pity for the unhappy husband, had thus drowned the improprieties of the last verse.
From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Ossip Schubin
Vocabulary lists containing impropriety
"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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