graft
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The former chairman of one of China's biggest state-owned airlines has been charged with bribery, state media said Friday, nearly a year after he was investigated for graft.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
On Tuesday, the Seoul High Court overturned her acquittal for stock price fraud and maintained her initial graft conviction, resulting in a much heavier penalty.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
You’ve done the hard graft at $14 an hour.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
"I liked that the owners have a similar background to me - hard work, graft, underdogs nobody believed in - but they created a really successful business," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
“Looks like graft to me, O’Brien. Open it up.”
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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