Sentence examples for improperly engaged from inspiring English sources

The Supreme Court Justices seemed sympathetic to the insurers' argument that California had improperly engaged in foreign policy.

Within days, it determined that Mr. Duncan had improperly engaged in a destruction effort and fired him.

This only applies to retrospective snooping by the British — which is what the court in question, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), deemed GCHQ to have improperly engaged in.

Combined with long-running but false accusations by William Rhett and other supporters of the proprietors that Nicholson was improperly engaged in smuggling, he felt the need to return to England to defend himself against these charges.

It's far from clear that the worst is over: Of the 88 fund companies and brokerage firms queried by the Securities and Exchange Commission in its industrywide probe during the last two months, preliminary responses show that as many as half the fund firms have let at least one investor improperly engage in "market timing" of shares, meaning rapid buying and selling.

Six more Burbank police officers have been fired for allegedly acting improperly or engaging in excessive use of force.

"Seduction" lawsuits related to a chase, unmarried woman who was improperly induced to engage in sexual intercourse.

The anti-wind campaigners say that because the compliance report has not been formally signed off, the wind farm is "illegal" and therefore engaged in a "fraud" and improperly receiving renewable energy certificates under the federal subsidy scheme.

In 2011, he was placed on probation again — this time for three years — following allegations that he improperly rubbed a patient's thigh and engaged in inappropriate sexual conversation.

Judge Leighton had issued the original restraining order at the request of the National Labor Relations Board, which said that the longshoremen's union was engaged in unfair labor practices and improperly harassing workers at the EGT terminal.

Mr. Baucus said he planned "a thorough and comprehensive probe to gather the facts surrounding Enron's abrupt downfall to determine whether Enron may have engaged in aggressive tax planning to improperly avoid paying federal income taxes or exploited loopholes in our tax system requiring attention".