corruptness

Example Sentences

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The well-argued piece frames the discussion of the NCAA’s corruptness through the lens of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari’s public perception.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2015

He is the only so-called political boss I have ever known at whom the finger of suspicion could not be pointed charging him with personal corruptness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Father was mayor at one time and held various other public offices, and no one, at least, ever accused him of civic corruptness.

From The Sisters-In-Law by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

Did Mr. Hastings pretend to say that he destroyed the Provincial Councils for their corruptness or insufficiency, when he dissolved them?

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Is this innate corruptness which brings him so easily to the bait, or is it the stinging smart of injustice from which he may well be suffering?

From The Double Traitor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)