impropriety
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Ms. Curlee would need 10 times the courage to acknowledge the sins of her own agency, and not mainly for their impropriety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Last year Air Mail published accusations against Leto of impropriety by nine women, though he denied those claims at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Fain, 57 years old, has denied impropriety, and said the monitor holds a “political grudge” against him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Through all of the murky questions about the differences between power and glory, decency and impropriety, De Palma lands on a remarkable base of human connection that elevates “Blow Out” beyond the average thriller.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Perhaps I had too rashly over-leaped conventionalities; and he, like St. John, saw impropriety in my inconsiderateness.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
A wide-ranging probe by the department’s internal watchdog is scrutinizing potential improprieties in the contracting process, including evidence of personal enrichment by top officials, report Tarini Parti, Josh Dawsey, Michelle Hackman and Summer Said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The visit falls days after Bloomberg reported that two insurance companies controlled by Walter, as well as Guggenheim Partners, where Walter is chief executive, are being investigated by federal prosecutors for potential financial improprieties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The prime minister's ethics adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, said he had "not identified evidence of improprieties" but it was "regrettable" that Siddiq had not been more alert to the "potential reputational risks" of the connection.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
He’d been ousted from the Bears club, presumably because of the financial improprieties, and now he was coaching an adult group, called a masters team, on the university campus.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
The princess was acquitted of any serious fault, but various improprieties in her conduct were pointed out and censured.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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