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corruption

[kuh-ruhp-shuhn] / kəˈrʌp ʃən /




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Early in their 1978 film debut, “Up in Smoke,” comedy duo Cheech & Chong inadvertently expose a bit of systemic corruption.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

Another is to prevent the destruction of evidence of corruption, for example in government ministries.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

For many Argentines, corruption ranks low among immediate concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Ford captured this at the end of his piece: American progressivism emerged out of a rejection of corruption and self-dealing in the Gilded Age.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 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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