Sentence examples for definition of corruption from inspiring English sources

But what the Roberts Court has done, with great determination, is to restrict the definition of corruption — to suggest, in effect, that money cannot possibly have a corrupting effect on our politics unless it is neatly stacked in bundles of unmarked Ben Franklins and handed to a government official in exchange for a no-bid contract.

But which definition of corruption will apply?

Teachout believes that Lessig's definition of corruption is the framers' definition of corruption.

"This is the definition of corruption," she said.

And that is itself the definition of corruption".

Makes you wonder what the real definition of corruption is.

The definitions of corruption on which it draws are narrow and selective.

And then, the problem may go back to culture: it is one thing to teach the definitions of corruption.

Definitions of corruption tend to focus on the conflict of interest that arises when private imperatives intrude upon the public sphere.

TIA also called for an overhaul of legal definitions of corruption across the states and the commonwealth to make them "simpler, nationally consistent, and more comprehensive".

We can conclude that the various currently influential definitions of corruption, and the recent attempts to circumscribe corruption by listing paradigmatic offences, have failed.