Sentence examples for petty graft from inspiring English sources
And it was not just about petty graft.
It also puts land records and death certificates online, cutting down on one form of petty graft.
And if linked to the financing of politics, rent-heavy capitalism sets a tone at the top that can let petty graft flourish.
These tales of petty graft proliferate across India, but especially in cities, analysts say, for the simple reason that cities now have more money.
An opinion poll organised by the University of Connecticut had already found that 63% of those it asked want Mr Rowland to resign.Allegations of petty graft have dogged Mr Rowland for years, involving, at various times, an old Ford Mustang, two fishing boats and a condominium in Washington, DC.
Petty police graft is particularly blatant.
Few expected the campaign to attract such attention, but Hazare has tapped a deep vein of resentment in India at the endemic graft, both petty and large scale, that successive administrations have either fuelled or failed to tackle.
In the frequent cases of corruption that have surfaced in the ministry over the years, incidents of graft have implicated everyone from from petty officers to the highest ranks in the department.
Xi's promise to eliminate both "tigers and flies" — the high-ranking officials who have stolen billions and the petty corruption that plagues everyday life — is genuinely popular among ordinary Chinese who saw graft worsen over the past decade.
