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But since last September, as witnesses gave evidence to the Madlanga Commission, allegations that Matlala had a close and corrupt relationship with senior police officers emerged in the public domain.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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

Whether Zambada has informed U.S. prosecutors about corrupt Mexican officials remains publicly unknown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

A former private detective, Hammett grounded his narrative in a corrupt Montana mining town, replacing the cozy murders of traditional whodunits with a seamier view of vice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Many regarded the Sihanouk government as corrupt and self-serving, where the poor got poorer and the rich became richer.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

The unseemly representation of necessary, lethal battle as some sort of videogame corrupts our national culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 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

“If thought corrupts language,” George Orwell wrote, “language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better.”

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2023

Secrecy is a form of power, and power corrupts.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

"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

We would only do this if our goal was corrupted.

From Slate ● Jan. 1, 2026

Airbus investigated this incident and found that space weather had corrupted data in an elevator aileron computer which sends commands to the plane's flaps.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

“Point is,” he said, “if corrupted get rest of ymbrynes, they become unstoppable.”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

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

Instead, Jerry takes every shortcut he can without considering the ethical fine print, aligning himself with Carl and Gaear and corrupting his soul in the process.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026

It was important that McAdams embrace Linda’s dark impulses to illustrate the corrupting effects of unchecked power, Azizi says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

For example, Monsieur Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that people were basically generous and kind, and that disagreeable behavior was caused by a poor upbringing and the corrupting influence of civilization.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood