corrupt
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“This officer betrayed the public, betrayed the inmates, and betrayed the badge. My office will hold corrupt correctional officers to account for their behavior.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Clay’s nemesis, President Andrew Jackson, regarded a federal road project as wasteful, potentially corrupt and even unconstitutional.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
It was a reaction to corporate abuses and corrupt governance and horrific things like child labor and environmental destruction.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
According to Evans, who now lives in Croatia and runs anti-Jehovah's Witnesses social media accounts, fear is the reason that some followers would rather die than be seen as morally corrupt.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Even if it was the most corrupt and ostentatious court in Erilea, it sounded dreadfully romantic.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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