The phrase "a run of corruption" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a series of corrupt activities or incidents occurring in a particular context, such as politics or business.
Example: "The investigation revealed a run of corruption that spanned several years, implicating multiple officials in the scandal."
Alternatives: "a streak of corruption" or "a wave of corruption".
Gail: I've been thinking about the New York state legislature lately — they've been having a never-ending run of corruption arrests.
Montesinos allegedly ran a web of corruption that largely controlled the military, the legal system and much of the media.
Some have run afoul of corruption investigations.
Its campaign was not perfect, but Gantz and his fellow-leaders constituted an attractive team whose decency, competence, and patriotism couldn't be doubted, especially in comparison with a Prime Minister who ran under a cloud of corruption and who lashed out at state institutions the courts, the police, the press, and the universities.
It's said the country runs because of corruption, not in spite of it.
Security checkpoints in ports, furthermore, are generally run by local owners, a system Mr. Ivanov labeled "run-of-the-mill corruption.
He would possibly win presidential elections were they held today, but he won't be able to run if convicted on a raft of corruption and money laundering charges.
Though the courts have long been slow to investigate police wrongdoing, one judge, Pablo Lanusse, is looking into claims that a network of corruption is being run in several police districts in the capital.His witnesses, mainly serving and ex-policemen, say they were expected to collect and pass on payments—on fixed tariffs for overlooking prostitution, illegal gambling and the like.
He had claimed a "vein of corruption and dishonesty" ran right through the case.
One informal assessment of spending on the military – a behemoth of corruption and patronage – runs at four times the official outlay on public services.
