impropriety
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TWG Global — the holding company of Dodgers owner Mark Walter — rejected allegations of financial impropriety in the purchase and operation of the Dodgers and reiterated the team is not for sale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The judge accused prosecutors of impropriety with the grand jury, which initially declined to indict the group that became known as the Broadview Six.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
There is no evidence that Chopra observed any impropriety during his friendship with Jackson.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
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
She thought a game was being played which she did not understand, but she was certain there had been an impropriety, or even an insult.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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
"We remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments."
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
The dramatic move came after a wide-ranging audit of UFLAC’s finances revealed different kinds of financial improprieties.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 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
"You look at the question from the point of national and political economy and from that point of view improprieties have no existence."
From Our Own Set A Novel by Ossip Schubin
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"The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)
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