bribery
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He often writes about sanctions, foreign bribery, illicit finance, competition, trade, data privacy and a range of other topics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
Prosecutors began investigating the bribery scheme after receiving a 2018 tip about an unusual donation to Smith’s reelection campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
She was arrested in September 2025 in connection with a bribery case involving the former first lady.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
If bribery wasn’t an option, she’d have to outwit him.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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
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
These deities might be lured by certain rites and briberies into a transfer of their favors to the besieging army.
From Autobiographical Sketches by Thomas De Quincey
By the aid of certain small briberies on the train and in Paris Carmichael gathered, bit by bit, that the destination of the woman he loved was America.
From The Goose Girl by Harold MacGrath
By small briberies employed without sense of compromise, Mrs. Becker had a way with those who served her.
From Star-Dust by Fannie Hurst
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