Sentence examples for rampant public from inspiring English sources

Corruption became rampant, public offices were bought and sold, and excessive taxes were levied on the people.

Mr. Karzai acknowledged the woeful state of security and governance in Kandahar, including Taliban violence, rampant public corruption and the unregulated militias and private security guards roaming the city.

During the war, for example, many Arab governments effectively encouraged rampant public hostility to the United States by staying silent as their newspapers and television stations confidently reported that American forces deliberately killed Iraqi civilians and looted museums.

The country's ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, decreed the law, known as the National Accountability Bureau Ordinance, soon after taking power in a coup in October 1999, arguing that rampant public corruption required drastic measures.

But many critics say Italy — and Sicily in particular — has been driven into dire financial straits not by austerity but by the rampant public spending of the past, the product of an entrenched jobs-for-votes system that helped keep Italian governments in power and Sicilians employed.

Despite their rampant public displays of support — in mid-May, the new offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo vowed that Hunter would start "until they ship him out of this building or until they shoot me dead in my office" — the Jets were all the while seeking a potential upgrade.

Government corruption and poppy cultivation are rampant and public services remain a wreck; food prices are soaring, unemployment remains high and resurgent Taliban forces in the south are pressing toward this capital.

Garcia-Prado and Chawla [ 34] in an evaluation of reforms in the Costa Rica health sector noted that absenteeism is rampant in public organizations, although it is often not addressed in policy frameworks in the health systems of LICs [ 21, 34].

Private home-based dealers and gun show armorers should finally be regulated as rampant threats to public safety.

The group said leaks and moisture had caused rampant mold in public housing, sickening people and violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Rampant graft in public administration is seen as a key factor slowing the small Black Sea state's progress in catching up with its wealthier EU peers.