Sentence examples for corrupt custom from inspiring English sources

Women abolitionists responded by holding a convention in New York City to expand their petitioning efforts, and declaring that "as certain rights and duties are common to all moral beings," they would no longer remain within limits prescribed by "corrupt custom and a perverted application of Scripture".

Corrupt customs officials and police let them do so.

Rumors spread that they had fallen prey to airport thieves or corrupt customs agents.

My thoughts turned to horror stories of corrupt customs officials and throngs of conmen that awaited me on the ground.

The agency has pursued corrupt customs brokers, canceling the licenses of more than 90 so far, out of 800 total.

Making get-rich-quick deals, evading taxes and paying off corrupt customs officials became standard operating procedure, and remain so.

With myriad small ports and corrupt customs officials despite a recent central-government crackdown the mainland is the world's biggest market for smuggled cargoes.

Complex, inefficient and corrupt customs procedures make up a big share of these transport costs.By this time, however, reason was playing little role in the progress of the meeting.

This issue has already helped to prompt strikes by health workers, teachers, and electricity workers.The government has squeezed through one or two changes, including some tough fiscal measures early on, and a reform of the corrupt customs service.

For the unfastidious, a corrupt customs officer will charge a few thousand dollars for setting you hope everything straight.Despite squawks of protest, the Russian government which claims to like foreign investors—has refused to bend.

Part of this trove has since been stolen; some has been sold with corrupt customs officers turning a blind eye; either way freshly cut logs have replaced the missing timber.