corrupt
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“I just want to do what I can for our community and not focus on how corrupt the government is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
"You must be sure that your hands are clean. You can't be fighting corruption when your hands are soiled with corrupt practices," Olukoyede said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
"I only hope that after I step down, people across the country will say that 'he was an honest official, not a corrupt one' and I'll be very satisfied with that," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“To finance corrupt practices? I don’t think so. It has to go to the federations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
If she went to Elowen, she would be tempted to join her and become as corrupt with power as Elowen herself.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
Self-deception corrupts that process from within, and the cost grows with every generation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
The old adage is true: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
“This is an act of pure cowardice for short-term gain that corrupts every journalistic value imaginable,” said USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Gabriel Kahn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
What we know about power is that it always corrupts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
I believe having an audience naturally corrupts the per-formance.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
File names were usually corrupted, so Hannah Oh rarely knew the title, singer or release date.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
He is remembered as a conciliator of the American rebels and the author of schemes to reform the corrupted and unrepresentative House of Commons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He’s corrupted from the inside by a system that has no regard for his humanity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
"According to me and the majority of nations involved in this race, Canada corrupted everything that is meant to be fair and beautiful about our sport," she added.
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
Though I did not like his looks, I could not say his face appeared corrupted.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Reasonable people will go in circles forever about whether specific cases are proof of the industry’s maturity or proof of its corrupting effect.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
Two and a half millennia later, democracies are still deeply concerned about dangerous ideas corrupting the youth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
When troublemaker Arlene moves in across the street to live with her father, Maria falls helplessly under her corrupting influence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
But the judge said Bembridge had a public role and had failed to carry out his duties on behalf of the King for a corrupting motive.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
They said I would be a corrupting influence.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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