Sentence examples for awash in corruption from inspiring English sources

Dissidents in the local have complained that it has been awash in corruption.

Yet the country remains "a nation of ruffians," awash in corruption and plagued by epic mismanagement and decrepitude.

By all accounts — from Afghans, from experts, from investigators — the Afghan government is awash in corruption, with virtually every public transaction here carrying a price.

THE government of President Hamid Karzai may be awash in corruption, venality and graft, but if you walk the tattered halls of the ministries here, it is remarkably easy to find an honest man.

Uttar Pradesh, with nearly 200 million people, is one of the poorest places in the world and has long been awash in corruption allegations under the chief minister, Mayawati, who has spent millions of dollars in public funds building statues of herself.

This reading – repeated in less delicate terms by dozens of workers interviewed – speaks to the considerable political obstacles Peña Nieto's young government faces as it attempts to sell his ideas to a deeply cynical Mexican public, which sees Pemex as awash in corruption destined to undermine even the most well-intentioned reforms.

Mr. Singh's personal integrity, a signature asset in a country awash in political corruption, was suddenly in doubt.

"Money," Martin Amis's vibrantly dark 1985 novel, gave us a rollicking, repulsive picture of London and New York in the late 20th century, awash in cash, corruption, pornography, junk food, junk art, self-promotion and wretched excess of every imaginable variety.

On the negative side, many poorly informed commentators have given air time to claims that the Bahamas is awash in drugs and corruption.

This has left a country that is wretchedly poor, riddled with corruption and awash in drugs.

Rajoy, whose party is awash with corruption scandals but has overseen a return to growth in the Spanish economy, won.