corrupt

Example Sentences

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For decades, this scandal stood as the ultimate warning about what can happen when betting interests corrupt fair competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

It’s also linked to the modern evolution of Friday the 13th as an unlucky day, based in part on Thomas Lawson’s 1907 best-seller about a corrupt stockbroker who crashes the market.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

In 2024, Moore was banned from the floor of the Georgia state house after he denounced the chamber's late Republican speaker, David Ralston, as "corrupt" during a memorial service.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 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

But when it was put into practice, particularly when it was placed in the hands of corrupt leaders, it became a much different system from that which was originally espoused.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler