The part of the sentence "convicted for corruption" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone who has been punished for an illegal act such as bribery, embezzlement, fraud, etc. For example: "The politician was convicted for corruption involving the misuse of public funds."
He is the first mayor to be convicted for corruption in New Orleans, which has a reputation for flamboyant graft.
The academics compared the rate at which public officials were convicted for corruption in different states with the geographical distribution of natural disasters.
Mr Zuma's supporters are convinced that his sacking from the government, after his financial adviser was convicted for corruption, was nothing but a political move to block him from the top job.
Mr. Thaksin remains a political force in Thailand even though he fled the country to avoid prison after being convicted for corruption, and has taken refuge in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
In my own confusion about whom to vote for, I went for women — we have not yet had a female lawmaker convicted for corruption, so I thought that was a good bet.
He was known always as Berlusconi's 'left hand man' at both the Fininvest corporation and political party, the right being Berlusconi's original lawyer and later defence minister, former neo-fascist Cesare Previti, convicted for corruption in 2006.
He was soon convicted of corruption for his payment to the Dharmais Foundation, but the conviction was overturned by a higher court, after which Sudarmo retired.
Speaking to reporters on the Clinton plane, campaign chair John Podesta said: "[Christie's] two top aides today were just convicted of corruption for political intimidation".
References were made to Schabir Shaik, a friend of President Jacob Zuma's who was convicted of corruption for bribing the president and sentenced to 15 years in jail.
In 2005, a friend of Zuma's named Schabir Shaik was convicted of corruption for soliciting a bribe from a French arms manufacturer and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
The report complains that ministers and parliamentarians are rarely edged out of office even when prosecuted for or convicted of corruption or conflicts of interest and that parliament routinely blocks all attempts to investigate political sleaze.
