How to Use corruption in a Sentence

corruption

noun
  • There are rumors of widespread corruption in the city government.
  • Bibi, who was out on bail in a corruption case, fled the scene.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • As the waits grow, so does the potential for corruption in the process.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
  • And in 2017, a man turned the Trevi Fountain red to protest corruption in Rome.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2022
  • In 2019, Fang was sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges.
    — Cate Cadell, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Netanyahu also faces a litany of corruption charges on bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
    — Paul Goldman, NBC News, 16 July 2023
  • Adding to the woes is a shortage of skilled technicians and corruption.
    — Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Was the corruption within City Hall limited to the mayor, or did the city itself break the rules?
    — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • But that doesn’t mean the nation is free of corruption scandals.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 17 Oct. 2022
  • This is the second time Menendez has been charged with corruption.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But in less than a year and a half in office, Mr. Castillo has been plagued by corruption scandals.
    — Julie Turkewitz Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Can the sports leagues fend off the sort of corruption that resulted in nationwide bans on sports betting in the past?
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • After the events of the first film, he was sent by his mother to live on the northern coast of Africa to shield him from the corruption and violence of Rome.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 July 2024
  • Trump is way right-wing and will redouble his corruption and lies.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Two — Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye — ended up in prison for corruption.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Later that year, Yale was removed from his role, on charges of corruption.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • On the flip side, UMNO faces a trust deficit after its top leaders were charged with corruption.
    — Eileen Ng, ajc, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The tapes were then used later in 1974 in the corruption prosecutions of Nixon’s former aides.
    — Mark Sherman, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The tapes were then used later in 1974 in the corruption prosecutions of Nixon's former aides.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Khan has been banned as a result of being found guilty last week in a corruption trial and sentenced to three years in prison, the statement said.
    — Sahar Akbarzai, CNN, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Sarkozy is also on the hook for a separate corruption case.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 16 Dec. 2022
  • If there was no corruption, Ahn reasons, his friend could simply say so—right?
    — David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The mayor’s arraignment on corruption charges occurred the same day her phones were seized.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Netanyahu was ousted in Jun 2021 and is still on trial for corruption charges.
    — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Ukraine’s struggles with the rule of law and corruption will certainly figure heavily in the process.
    — Carl Bildt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Paxton's aides accused him of corruption and were all fired or quit after reporting him to the FBI.
    — CBS News, 25 May 2023
  • Here’s what to know about the corruption allegations against Ramaphosa and Tuesday’s vote.
    — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The corruption of the Nigerian state is an unavoidable fact.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • For the strongman leader, corruption is a strategic tool.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Yesterday’s White House stunt had all the hallmarks of Trump corruption, but there was something else, too—an air of desperation.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025

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