corruptly

Example Sentences

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“It is illegal to corruptly give anything of value to public officials to influence an official act,” the three senators wrote in their letter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

The first part makes it a crime to corruptly alter, destroy or conceal evidence to frustrate official proceedings.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024

U.S. authorities said the Geneva commodities trader earned more than $384 million in profits “from the business it corruptly obtained” related to the Ecuadorian oil company.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

Then, during the Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin eras, the idea took hold that, if you gave people a better living, they'd have less motivation to act corruptly.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

The Mac Irs, sons of Ir, earliest coloniser of Ireland, have, by some confusion with geirr, the genitive of gearr, “short,” become Shorts or Shortalls, but sometimes, less corruptly, Kerrs.

From The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde by Duffy, Charles Gavan