corruption
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If only the sorely miscast Dano had the weight to sell this guided tour of corruption — a role that could have been in the vein of one of Scorsese’s charismatic motormouth narrators.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Thales, formerly known as Thomson-CSF, and Zuma face more than a dozen charges of fraud, corruption and racketeering.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
In a separate development in Kyiv, a court has ordered 60 days' pretrial detention for Zelensky's former right-hand man, Andriy Yermak, over a corruption scandal.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
“When cameras were first issued, failing to turn on was a training issue,” said Max Huntsman, a former public corruption prosecutor who later served as inspector general for Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Shin did not yet know this, but grassroots capitalism, vagabond trading, and rampant corruption were creating cracks in the police state that surrounded Camp 14.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Vocabulary lists containing corruption
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