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corrupt

[kuh-ruhpt] / kəˈrʌpt /






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Malta is maybe a little corrupt and the deliverables show up.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Hoover was competent and corrupt, famously controlling the FBI with an iron fist.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

He made clear the U.S. was coming after allegedly corrupt Mexican politicians.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Clay’s nemesis, President Andrew Jackson, regarded a federal road project as wasteful, potentially corrupt and even unconstitutional.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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




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