Sentence examples for patently corrupt from inspiring English sources
Within a few years the brave man, John Githongo, is betrayed by the president, Mwai Kibaki, and by most of the big man's closest colleagues, many of whom prove themselves to be patently corrupt.
An early dispute, over whether to put a new courthouse in Newark or Elizabethtown, ended in a vote so patently crooked that The New Jersey Journal reported that "a more wicked and corrupt scene was never exhibited in this state or in the United States".
In fact, as MacKinnon directs them, Nick and Honey are even more corrupt, because Nick, at least, is more patently ambitious — he'll fuck for advancement — whereas George and Martha are where they are less by design than by nature.
Their civil services are pretty feeble: bloated, corrupt, short of cash and talent, and patently ill-equipped to rewrite the laws of their countries to fit the complex EU rulebook.
They fix on Nick (the perfectly cast Madison Dirks), a new professor they've invited over, with his wealthy wife, Honey (the phenomenal Carrie Coon), who, as MacKinnon directs them, are even more corrupt than George and Martha, because Nick is more patently ambitious, whereas George and Martha are where they are less by design than by nature.
The idea that the armed opposition is riddled with divisions and infighting, led by corrupt people and dominated by jihadist groups is just patently false.
It's a corrupt public official who testifies in his own defense with patently false, rhetorical pyrotechnics of the "You have some nerve to accuse me!" genre.
The Supreme Court's idea that a $30 million contribution like this cannot corrupt a candidate as long as the expenditures of the money are "independent" is both naïve and patently wrong.
Patently, that's progress.
