corrupt

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Transparency International has ranked Hungary the most corrupt country in the EU for the past four years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

"So it's not surprising there are people who will make mistakes or who are corrupt," says Professor Kerry Brown of King's College London.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 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

Many of the country’s 93 million people were deeply dissatisfied with the sclerotic and often corrupt rule that characterized the 36-plus-year reign of his father.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

If she went to Elowen, she would be tempted to join her and become as corrupt with power as Elowen herself.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo