Sentence examples for corrupt manners from inspiring English sources

This development is marked by the decline of popular commonwealths into bureaucratic monarchies, and, by the force of unrestrained passions, the return of corrupt manners which had characterized the earlier societies of gods and heroes.

It denied acting in a corrupt manner.

Families close to the premier have benefited in a very corrupt manner from tenders," he said.

Some reacted to their short tenures in a corrupt manner, wanting to "steal while they can" until they were turned out of office.

Yet the accusations levelled by prosecutors suggest that, at the highest levels, League officials squandered taxpayers' cash, and in a clearly corrupt manner.

But it's also a very practical country where most problems get worked out, and not in a corrupt manner; most multinationals can do business here consistent with other codes of conduct around the world.

While the charges were not related to the accidents, the collapses opened a window onto what the authorities said was a lackadaisical and occasionally corrupt manner in which cranes and their operators were approved for work in the city.

While "American Gangster" claims to be based on a true story, the suit claims that the depiction of the arrest, on Jan . 28 , 1975at Mr. Lucas's house in Teaneck, N.J., was shown "in the most awful and corrupt manner".

But the appeals court rejected this because the defendants did not personally gain and were instead purportedly acting to support the struggling company - even if it was in a corrupt manner.

The PRI, having ruled Mexico for 71 years in an authoritarian and corrupt manner, had been out of power since 2000, but Peña Nieto was claiming to represent a party that had learned its lessons and reformed.

But the charges against Mr. Delayo surfaced in the wake of two crane collapses that left nine people dead and opened a window onto what the authorities said was a lackadaisical and occasionally corrupt manner in which cranes and their operators were approved for work in the city.