bribery
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The incident has drawn widespread public attention and renewed scrutiny of Indonesia's prisons, which have long faced allegations that wealthy or well-connected inmates can obtain preferential treatment through bribery.
From BBC ● 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
Legal experts, meanwhile, say the pledge — however unusual — is unlikely to run afoul of federal bribery and vote-buying statutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
She was arrested in September 2025 in connection with a bribery case involving the former first lady.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
He encountered members of the old Al Spencer Gang and the former head of the Veterans Bureau, who had committed bribery during the scandalous Harding administration.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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
The barefaced acts of injustice and shameless briberies daily occurring in the Mehkames, or halls of justice, would seem almost incredible to an European, and especially an Englishman.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt
By small briberies employed without sense of compromise, Mrs. Becker had a way with those who served her.
From Star-Dust by Fannie Hurst
The last war between Russia and Turkey brought to light official fraud and briberies, connected especially with the commissary department of the army, which disgraced the whole nation in the eyes of the world.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou
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
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