as in corruption
immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society
a movie about an unhinged taxi driver who is disgusted by the iniquitousness of the city's tenderloin and goes on a murderous rampage
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Noun
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In September 2024, López called on Fúnez to step down because of a corruption scandal.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026 -
Endemic corruption is one of the obstacles slowing Ukraine’s admission.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
Noun
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And, as a heterosexual couple, wasn’t living in sin our final, sole, tiny act of rebellion?—
Eva Wiseman,
Vogue,
7 May 2026
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Pushing a pill was not the company’s worst sin — marketing was.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Ranked-choice voting would increase the chances of electing people whom voters are for, rather than the lesser of two evils.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Following this tendency might finally cure us not only of indigestion but also the ancient immorality of eating other organisms.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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Consider this evilmeister’s brazen acts of treason and revenge, unbounded deceit, swinish immorality and negative role modeling.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Denver author Josiah Hesse was raised by Evangelical parents in churches that believe in the torments of hell, that their poverty is due to their sinfulness and lack of faith.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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This lawless crew shares dramaturgical DNA with the vice figures from medieval morality plays, personifications of sinfulness who would confide their schemes to the audience and make theatergoers their co-conspirators in a riveting game that obviously left its mark on a young Shakespeare.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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