anti-corruption
adjective
an·ti-cor·rup·tion
ˌan-tē-kə-ˈrəp-shən 
ˌan-tī-
ˌan-tī-
: opposing, discouraging or punishing corruption
anti-corruption laws
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Shah became prime minister after his three-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won 182 seats in the 275-member parliament in the March 5 election, the first vote after the anti-corruption Gen Z protests in which 76 people were killed in September last year.
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Reuters, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
The other senior police officers were arrested in an operation by the National Prosecuting Authority's anti-corruption unit, reportedly at the police's national headquarters in the capital, Pretoria.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
The 12 arrests relate to an allegedly corrupt contract to provide health and well-being services to police officers, the National Prosecuting Authority’s anti-corruption investigative unit said in a statement.
—Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The revelation about Joseph Félix Badio, a former official in Haiti’s anti-corruption unit who was fired months before the brazen killing, emerged Monday during the cross-examination of an FBI official who served as a case agent.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
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Reuters, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
The other senior police officers were arrested in an operation by the National Prosecuting Authority's anti-corruption unit, reportedly at the police's national headquarters in the capital, Pretoria.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
The 12 arrests relate to an allegedly corrupt contract to provide health and well-being services to police officers, the National Prosecuting Authority’s anti-corruption investigative unit said in a statement.
—Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The revelation about Joseph Félix Badio, a former official in Haiti’s anti-corruption unit who was fired months before the brazen killing, emerged Monday during the cross-examination of an FBI official who served as a case agent.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Anti-corruption.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-corruption. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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