Sentence examples for unsavory figures from inspiring English sources

Performing charity work there, he added, led him to contact unsavory figures.

But something similar could explain Trump's attraction to authoritarian and unsavory figures.

Dufty was an award-winning journalist at the New York Post at a time when it was a leading liberal paper; he and his wife, Maely Daniele, a longtime friend of Holiday's, welcomed her to their apartment as "a place of refuge from the police, her husband Louis McKay, reporters, and the various unsavory figures who haunted her life".

"In his absence, they are likely to fall back on the next likeliest guarantee, Bibi Netanyahu". Mr. Netanyahu has also worked to purge Likud "of some of its more unsavory figures and restored some of its tainted image," Mr. Oren said.

The Casino Control Commission was reorganized after one its original members had been tainted in the political influence-peddling inquiry known as Abscam, and several prospective Atlantic City operators had been denied a licence because of possible ties to unsavory figures in the gaming world.

That unsavory figure haunted Republicans as they tried to defend already unpopular legislation.

"Giannoulias's questionable lending practices and association with unsavory underworld figures will be central to this campaign because they go directly to the questions of judgment and leadership".

Mr. Neumann said that the July 2011 date for the beginning of a military withdrawal from Afghanistan has only reinforced Mr. Karzai's belief that he must cut deals with unsavory but powerful figures to remain in charge after the Americans leave.

But I'm pleased to report that I haven't made any unsavory bonds with father figures, imagined or real; that I didn't date the guy on that basis; and that one of my preferred games playing "teens"—pre-dates my father's death.

With fewer business opportunities, some hackers may migrate to the black market, where they can earn $5,000 selling programs that take advantage of an unpublicized hole to spammers, organized crime figures and other unsavory customers, said Mark Loveless, a BindView Corp. security researcher and former malicious hacker.

The idea is that the old, unsavory ambulance-chaser type has now figured out how to get really rich, in a way that drives businesses into bankruptcy and makes worthwhile activities uninsurable.