corruption
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This IG’s office is unique in its ability and willingness to investigate such corruption abroad, which requires overcoming obstacles raised by the U.N. and foreign-aid complex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Durkin said the officer, known in the investigation as Police Officer B, was a constable "of some experience" and that the allegations he faced was "one of the most serious types of police corruption".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The 35 years of modern Ukraine’s independence haven’t been without internal challenges, including corruption, dysfunction and various institutional pathologies the nation inherited from the Soviet system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
He has since faced multiple legal cases on corruption and other charges.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Ice had formed in its shaggy grey fur, and the faint smell of corruption clung to it like a woman's perfume.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The subtext plays out in how the town confronts the other corruptions in its midst.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025
Tasila and the former president's widow, Esther, continue to face corruptions charges, which they deny.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025
Benjamin Voisin plays Lucien, a young poet from the provinces who is all too happy to savor the corruptions of the capital.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
Like David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross,” King’s play, receiving its U.S. premiere at Studio Theatre, is a comedy of petty corruptions, activated by the base impulses that can drive the lust for a buck.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2019
It depicts the American Revolutionas a liberation movement, a clean break not just from English domination but also from the historic corruptions of European monarchy and aristocracy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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