corruption
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Pepys’s financial corruption, common enough among officials of his rank, is well known, having come out in the unexpurgated edition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
On Tuesday, the special prosecutor's office to combat corruption and organised crime said it had opened an investigation into the project, without revealing details.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The sacking of Dadan Hindayana, an entomologist, comes a week after Indonesia's corruption watchdog filed a complaint alleging inconsistencies in budgeting across kitchens.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
He vowed that no one involved in corruption would be spared, even “brothers-in-arms.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Why, for so many years, were conductors so oblivious to the corruption of their snap judgments?
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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