corrupt

Example Sentences

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He was asked about his relationship with a corrupt police officer he said he kept "warm as a contact".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The antics of the “bewitched” girls are so clearly feigned that the audience can recognize the corrupt motivations of the powerful people who are feeding the frenzy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Instead, it is wholly contingent and circumstantial, defined by what serves his own self-interest and corrupt needs and wants at any given moment.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

As the nation’s oil wealth flowed offshore, the Iranian people were left to struggle with poverty, underdevelopment, and corrupt leadership.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

In the few years he had remaining it would corrupt his other senses until at last only his bird-screech voice would remain, and then that would expire, too.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick