corrupt
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His conclusion was blunt: "You must have officials within the system who will validate your corrupt behaviour."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Memorable cinematic roles have included a corrupt police officer in the Harrison Ford thriller "Witness" and a comedy turn in Wes Anderson's eccentric "The Royal Tenenbaums," opposite Gene Hackman.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
In recent interviews, Cornyn said he would not campaign nor raise money for Paxton and stands by his sharp criticisms of the attorney general from the primary as corrupt and unfit for office.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Whether Zambada has informed U.S. prosecutors about corrupt Mexican officials remains publicly unknown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
He understood its people, both honest and corrupt.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The unseemly representation of necessary, lethal battle as some sort of videogame corrupts our national culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
The old adage is true: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
The movie is a lark, not a hard-hitting statement about how mass media corrupts the soul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
What we know about power is that it always corrupts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
“There’s rumored to be an entrance nearby to the last level of Asamando—the Eloko Forests. The Eloko corrupts everything it’s near. Weather. Plants. Friendships. It’s this corruption that affects the sands around here.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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
Then things start to get more corrupted, and money plays a huge role ... as it always has throughout human history.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
"Do not let yourselves be corrupted by temptations that waste your energies and do not serve the progress of society."
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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
And just to complicate matters perfecdy, I was starting to feel responsible for their safety and happiness and got panicked at the idea of them being captured or corrupted by the outside world.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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
Far from corrupting high culture, the middlebrow was once the bulwark that protected it.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
Democracies have always worried about dangerous ideas corrupting the young.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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
He turned off the TV and gave us a huge lecture about how “media like that is a corrupting influence” and “indecent behavior” blah blah blah.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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