corruption
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Real-estate deals in the region are often marked by corruption and collusion between officials and business interests, according to several nonprofits and international organisations.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
While none of the investigations target the president, Brazilians' weariness with corruption "ends up tainting those in power," Edinho Silva, head of the Workers' Party, lamented.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
It wasn’t just, or even chiefly, the miasma of sleaze and corruption that seemed to surround her wherever she went.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
In 2017, Khomotso Phahlane was charged with corruption.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Here were women, all of them under thirty and some as young as sixteen, who were building nonprofits, training other women to be entrepreneurs, and risking imprisonment to report on government corruption.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing corruption
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