How to Use corruption in a Sentence

corruption

noun

• There are rumors of widespread corruption in the city government.
• 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
• 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
• This is the second time Menendez has been charged with corruption.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The tapes were then used later in 1974 in the corruption prosecutions of Nixon’s former aides.
  — Mark Sherman, Fortune, 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
• 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
• The civil corruption trial, which began Monday, could stretch as long as six weeks.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
• Patel plays Kid, whose quest for vengeance over the death of his mother and the corruption around him imbues him with the power to settle scores — violently.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
• His point is that Ukraine has problems with corruption and is no gleaming democracy.
  — WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
• The other is their country’s chronic corruption, which can be deadly.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2023
• All the great vestiges of cultures of corruption throughout Latin America.
  — John Fund, National Review, 18 Nov. 2023
• In remarks before the vote, Johnson appeared to touch on public distrust of City Hall, which has been rocked by a series of recent corruption scandals.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• The Houthis took more and more territory and gained adherents by claiming to stand against corruption and the unfair transition.
  — Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
• In South Carolina, the episode was soon overshadowed by a barrage of other corruption scandals.
  — Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
• The flippant nod to the state’s sordid history of corruption came during a small ceremony in the Hall of Governors in front of about 70 supporters.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
• Staff Pick Our reporters spoke to Libyans still reeling from the catastrophic floods that left thousands dead, as well as experts on a region plagued by years of conflict and corruption.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
• But this year recruitment centers were shaken by a number of corruption and abuse-of power scandals.
  — Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023
• The verdict comes after five days of deliberations and ends a seven-week long civil corruption trial in New York City.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
• The development adds to a number of scandals in the financial hub known for its zero tolerance for corruption.
  — TIME, 20 Sep. 2023
• Both entities are riddled with corruption and plagued by a lack of basic competence.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• Presley pledged to clean up government corruption, pointing to welfare money that was spent on pet projects for the wealthy and well-connected rather than aid for some of the poorest people in one of the poorest states in the nation.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2023
• But ultimately, Paradis went down a path of corruption.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• When Thomas Spota first became district attorney in 2002, he was perceived as a white knight, largely expected to clean house after an era of corruption.
  — Robert Kolker, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• The former office space housed the department, started by then-mayor Dave Bing, until it was shut down in 2012 amid allegations of corruption.
  — Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2024
• These groups long viewed Israel’s Supreme Court as too liberal, secular, elitist and biased against them (and Netanyahu, who faces corruption charges).
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 12 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024