Sentence examples for speculation and corruption from inspiring English sources

But in tandem with that growth, speculation — and corruption — has produced some urban and oceanfront blight.

In 1721, he launched his career with a satirical print of the South Sea Bubble, attacking foreign-style speculation and corruption.

In 1873, Grant's friend and publisher, Mark Twain, along with coauthor Charles Dudley Warner, called this American era of speculation and corruption the Gilded Age.

And speculation, desperation, bribery and corruption played their part.

Behind the scenes, corruption, speculation and miscalculation were rife.

Some army officers and government officials were themselves engaged in smuggling, speculation, and other forms of corruption.

History might be repeating itself now, with voters again upset at price hikes and massive speculation at corruption within the Congress Party.

His financial empire was collapsing around him for a number of reasons, and he was dealing with intense media speculation and even an Independent Commission of Corruption investigation.

Grant served as president during the Gilded Age, a time when the economy was open to speculation and western expansion that fueled corruption in government offices.

Critics said the spectacle of his trial did not make up for Mr. Xi's failure thus far to take down senior officials, despite widespread speculation about corruption investigations in the government and the military involving powerful figures and large amounts of money.

Some 20 countries impose the death penalty for various economic crimes, including bribery and corruption of public officials, embezzlement of public funds, currency speculation, and the theft of large sums of money.