unscrupulous

Example Sentences

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Some unscrupulous businesses are seeing it as an opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

He said he had become concerned about the potential for a dying person to be coerced by "unscrupulous relatives, or 'trusted' medical or legal professionals" into ending their life prematurely.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Chairman James Siva said in a statement that the regulations are an “important step in combating unscrupulous and illegal gaming in California.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

“There are some unscrupulous actors out there who present plans that seem to be ACA-compliant but are not,” she says.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

After Whitehorn’s death, his part-white, part-Cheyenne widow, Hattie, had married an unscrupulous white man named LeRoy Smitherman.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann