corrupt

Example Sentences

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“Now, you could be careful and it’s still going to corrupt your words.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International has labelled Hungary as the EU's most corrupt country alongside Bulgaria in its Corruption Perceptions Index.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

"So it's not surprising there are people who will make mistakes or who are corrupt," says Professor Kerry Brown of King's College London.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Instead, it is wholly contingent and circumstantial, defined by what serves his own self-interest and corrupt needs and wants at any given moment.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

It reflected his genuine conviction that England was an inherently corrupt society, the bastion of monarchical power, aristocratic privilege, and courtly intrigue.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis