The phrase "compromised the interests" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which a person or group has neglected or failed to protect or look after their own interests, usually to the benefit of another person or group. For example: "John's decision to take on extra work at little pay compromised the interests of his family who were unable to get the time and attention they needed."
And those who aren't completely corrupted by a system designed to corrupt even the most decent person often find themselves aware, at some level of consciousness, that what is for sale is their souls, as they compromise the interests of their constituents for the special interests of the few.
Talks will now grind on at official level for months over UK demands to curb welfare payments for EU migrants, demands to opt out of "ever-closer union", demands to give more powers to national parliaments to block EU laws, and demands to ensure that what goes on inside the eurozone does not compromise the interests of those outside.
As a result, institutions are under increasing pressure to compromise the interests of student-athletes, often distorting their role within college athletics.
Once again, Mr. Clinton spoke highly today of Mr. Barak, saying the prime minister "in no way ever compromised the vital interests of the state of Israel".
A.... What I believe is that Prime Minister Barak in no way ever compromised the vital interests of the security of the state of Israel.
At its core the question seems to be whether an inclusive, radical black community can be created in a capitalist society, and what it looks like to compromise the competing interests of its members.
Although 'health security' is recent in coinage, its history dates back at least to the 14th century when epidemics threatened to destabilize sovereign power and to compromise the material interests of elite groups.
We conclude that partly due to the way that economic interests compromised the implementation of preferred design principles undertaken in the Carlton Redevelopment Project (Stage 1), neither housing tenure mix nor social interaction has been successfully experienced by public and private residents in the estate.
Moreover, Brown cited a provision in the Ethics and Government Act that suggested President Barack Obama issued Alexander a waiver that authorized the withholding of his financial reports if disclosure would "compromise the national interest of the United States".
The strength of any democracy lies in the ability of its state institutions to balance pluralism with efficacy; what we instead see in Washington is the inability of the mainstream politicians to (a) keep the zealots at bay and (b) disallow ideological differences to compromise the collective interest.
