Sentence examples similar to Try to corrupt him from inspiring English sources

On Friday, the US supreme court agreed to hear a case in which a former elected official, convicted of taking extravagant gifts to influence policy, now argues that because he failed to deliver on his promises to the person trying to corrupt him, he isn't guilty of corruption.

He spoke out against communism although the political establishment tried to corrupt him by offering him privileges.

It recognises that people are corruptible, and those with large enough wallets will always try to corrupt them.

I was trying to steal her away from him, I was trying to corrupt her with mediocre ideas, I was trying to trap her with society's standards... and on and on she went just vomiting up Paul's perfectly scripted words.

His businessmen corrupt ministers, who in turn try to corrupt magistrates.

Drug barons are still using their profits to try to corrupt Mexican law enforcement at every level.

The vote should proceed, and the international community should warn the generals that they will pay a high price if they try to corrupt or hijack the outcome.

While many thousands of saintly people give up their precious time to maintain wikis, there will always be a few who try to corrupt the system with false or bias information.

"There will always be risk involved in any sport where betting is involved but we have a proven track record in pinpointing any individuals who try to corrupt the sport.

But she says pharmaceutical companies do try to corrupt researchers by asking them to put their names on ghost-written articles and by using journals like hers to implicitly endorse their products.

"By having them out there, they can basically try to corrupt the conversation".