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

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

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

“It would be good for us to work again. It is not fitting that men should corrupt themselves in hunger and idleness.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya