Sentence examples for unscrupulous attempt from inspiring English sources

Russia's foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, said European negotiators had made an "absolutely unscrupulous attempt" to appease Georgia by suggesting that they would be able to patrol South Ossetia itself.

"Second, this is an absolutely unscrupulous attempt to not explain honestly to Mr. Saakashvili what conditions the E.U. had undertaken, and what obligations Russia had undertaken, and to be led on a string by Mr. Saakashvili".

"Beset by Opposition, Broadwater Bets on Washington and Time" (July 3), your otherwise informative article about Broadwater Energy's plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound, did not mention Broadwater's unscrupulous attempt in May to influence a Suffolk County Legislature resolution on whether to endorse the project.

He goes further, arguing that the proposal to exempt charities represents part of an unscrupulous attempt by the airline industry to "chip away" at APD. "If the industry wins this argument, it will keep lobbying for more exemptions until it reaches its goal of no tax on flights", he argues.

The alarming thing - for those who live the church and know its social and institutional fabric - is the cynical and unscrupulous attempt to exploit the person of the pope in order to score a point in favor of the ideological opponents of the pope.

At a time of high unemployment, facing a vicious, lie-based attack fueled by millions in donations from right wing individuals, coupled with unscrupulous attempts to suppress voter participation, the country's first black president won a sweeping electoral victory.

In The Boss (2016) McCarthy portrayed an unscrupulous businesswoman attempting to counteract the stigma of having been convicted of insider trading.

Though snark is by definition unscrupulous, Denby attempts to ascribe nine -- overlapping -- principles to it.

This can leave the door open to different kinds of elder abuse, from family members who steal to unscrupulous telemarketers who attempt to swindle senior citizens out of their money.

Until it's resolved, students are still technically on the hook and many will be harassed by unscrupulous debt collectors attempting to extract money from them while they still can.

Mr. Grbec and other families in two adjacent buildings at 10th Avenue and 42nd Street have endured attempts by unscrupulous landlords to freeze them out, flood them out, burn them out and otherwise force them out.