impropriety
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Ministerial ethics watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus said he had "allowed a perception of impropriety to develop" and "failed to uphold the standards expected in the rules".
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
In an interview with The Times in November, he said he was cleared by the FBI and a GOP-led House Ethics Committee of any impropriety in his ties to Fang.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Whether in interviews or the context of her films, Fennell doesn’t shy from the fact that she enjoys themes that flirt with impropriety or visuals that push the limits.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
Druckenmiller has been careful about his contact with Bessent since he became Treasury secretary, according to someone close to the investor, to avoid the appearance of impropriety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
On the other hand, if the intentions of the merchant were not honorable, you’d better believe that she’d be heading in their direction to inform them of their malfeasance and impropriety.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Clark and the union had engaged separate attorneys as federal authorities investigated alleged financial improprieties within the MLBPA, an affiliated licensing company and an affiliated youth sports venture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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
Sports betting supporters have long argued that making wagering legal makes it easier to track down improprieties, such as unusual changes in betting lines.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
How many improprieties, perfect solecisms in letter-writing, do we put up with in Clarissa and other books, for the sake of the delight which that form upon the whole gives us.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David
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"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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