Sentence examples for the definition of corruption from inspiring English sources

But what the Roberts Court has done, with great determination, is to restrict the definition of corruption — to suggest, in effect, that money cannot possibly have a corrupting effect on our politics unless it is neatly stacked in bundles of unmarked Ben Franklins and handed to a government official in exchange for a no-bid contract.

No matter how much the Supreme Court may dilute the definition of corruption to a meaningless term, by insisting that no amount of money can corrupt a politician, the larger injustice doesn't seem to matter to these justices: Beyond the right of an individual to spend as much as they want in elections, what about those who cannot afford to max out contributions?

"This is the definition of corruption," she said.

And that is itself the definition of corruption".

Now here's where the definition of "corruption" comes in.

The paper's analysis, however, hinges on the definition of corruption as illegal activity.

The definitions of corruption on which it draws are narrow and selective.

And then, the problem may go back to culture: it is one thing to teach the definitions of corruption.

I, in turn, walked the participants through the definitions of corruption, namely bribery, nepotism, favoritism, "wasta" (influence peddling), pilfering public funds, and blackmail.

On July 13th, an appeals court overturned the 2015 Sheldon Silver conviction, citing a Supreme Court decision that narrowed the definition of public corruption by tightening the list of government actions that count as inappropriate favors.

Your convictions of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos — the former New York State Assembly speaker and the former State Senate majority leader — were recently vacated thanks to an 8-0 Suprulingourthatlinarrowednarrowed the definition of public corruption.