impropriety
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The ECI has rejected allegations of impropriety in the "special intensive revision", saying it was intended to remove duplicate and ineligible voters.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 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
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
Khan’s lawyers said he didn’t change his position and “unequivocally denied all allegations of impropriety when they were first raised with him.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The outrage is more than just the location; it is the impropriety of such visible death, anywhere.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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 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
A dramatic scene unfolded Friday morning outside the union’s office, four days after the International Assn. of Fire Fighters suspended Freddy Escobar and two others over financial improprieties, including “serious problems” with missing receipts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
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
But whenever improprieties are so flagrant as to be matters of conversation; when the good shun, and the pitying forbear to excuse; be assured some deeper cause than you can divine exists for the opprobrium.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley
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