| 单词 | corruption |
| 释义 | corruption (kərʌpʃən ) Word forms: corruptions 1. uncountable noun Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power. The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion. Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption. ...bribery and corruption. Synonyms: dishonesty, fraud, bribing, fiddling [informal] 2. countable noun [usually NOUN of noun] In linguistics, a corruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way. [technical] 'Morris' is an English corruption of 'Moorish', meaning North African. Quotations: Something is rotten in the state of DenmarkHamlet All rising to great place is by a winding stairEssays One rotten apple spoils the barrel Collocations: corruption inquiry The corruption inquiry centres on claims of kickbacks for government contracts and planning permissions. Times, Sunday Times The officers were exonerated and a review of the corruption inquiry in 2011 said it was 'fatally flawed'. Times, Sunday Times The shares have been hammered by boardroom rows, the sinking coal price and a corruption inquiry. Times, Sunday Times A high-profile entrepreneur has gone into business with a convicted bank robber at the centre of a police corruption inquiry. Times, Sunday Times Investigators are said to have cleared two officers of failing to pass on allegations made by the supergrass during a corruption inquiry. Times, Sunday Times Just two months after joining, he was arrested as part of a football corruption investigation. The Sun More than ever, amid the chaos created by the outcome of the corruption investigation, that title will strike many as a malodorous oxymoron. Times, Sunday Times In any other body, a corruption investigation into the president and his would-be successor would be reason enough to suspend normal activities. Times, Sunday Times Allegations of intimidation are at the heart of the corruption investigation. Times, Sunday Times He was alleged to be involved in a corruption investigation involving 62 customs officers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With the company kneedeep in a corruption probe, it's a wonder he manages to find time for his hobby. Times, Sunday Times In the following months over 30 persons were charged as a result of the corruption probe. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A corruption probe was opened at around the same time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some expressed frustration with disruption from construction and with compensation for their properties; they also said the corruption probe deepened their doubts about the fairness of the construction process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has also been charged with alleged influence-peddling for trying to curry favour with a senior judge in a separate corruption scandal. Times, Sunday Times (2018) It is the biggest corruption scandal since independence and has sent shockwaves through the nation's corridors of power. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Yet the company also tipped itself into a corruption scandal that involves its two most recent chief executives and led to the defenestration of another senior manager. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The corruption trial collapsed in 2011 when the force was unable to produce boxfuls of documents that formed part of the evidence against the officers. Times, Sunday Times His ex-spouse, a trained doctor who has held several cabinet positions, could be counted on to secure him immunity from a corruption trial. Times, Sunday Times The trial takes longer time based on four other ongoing corruption trial connected to this one. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His careful appearance and taste for fine suits became a trademark, and was noted during his corruption trial. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If done right, this trial also can reassure international observers concerned about how quickly heavy sentences were imposed on former ministers in corruption trials. Times, Sunday Times The announcement draws an end to a career marked by brilliance but overshadowed by allegations of incompetence, weak leadership and failure to curb corruption. Times, Sunday Times It did not say how the party would have more success than in the past in its attempts to curb corruption. Times, Sunday Times His efforts were directed at policy measures that would curb corruption in admissions and would make the professional education affordable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government has made an effort to curb corruption in the country and a handful of corrupt individuals have been arrested and appropriately charged. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also said he believed the government's efforts to curb corruption, a key complaint of protesters, were sincere and making an impact. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A common standard doesn't eliminate corruption, but it makes trickery much more difficult. Christianity Today The government will be under pressure to improve services and eliminate corruption. ST I know that this would not eliminate corruption but it should reduce it. Times, Sunday Times Before the elections, the army-backed caretaker government took measures to eliminate corruption from the process. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The road to eliminating corruption will be long and hard. The Sun Tender processes needed to be reviewed to end corruption. The Star (South Africa) I'm not here to end corruption. Times, Sunday Times It also called for a parliamentary code of conduct to end corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He focused his campaign on his record of ending corruption, enhancing mine safety and winning sizeable pay increases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Discussions were held regarding unconstitutional changes of government, safeguarding the integrity of electoral processes, ending corruption, and aiding in development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Endemic corruption and political inertia at a local level make it easy for companies to flout regulations with impunity. Times,Sunday Times Endemic corruption ensures a constant risk of corner-cutting and use of inferior materials. Times, Sunday Times It isn't even primarily attributable to a collapse in oil prices or endemic corruption. Times, Sunday Times The scandal will stoke concerns over the state of corporate governance in a country blighted by endemic corruption. Times, Sunday Times Dressed casually in jeans and a sweater, the anti-corruption activist and blogger spoke passionately, denouncing the capital's endemic corruption, spiralling crime rates, poor housing and illegal migration. Times, Sunday Times The first step was to eradicate corruption and introduce laws that opened the economy to foreign investment. Times, Sunday Times At the same time it unveiled new rules aimed at ensuring greater government transparency as part of a campaign to eradicate corruption and misrule. Times, Sunday Times He has promised to eradicate corruption, but his centre left party holds 84 of 350 seats in the country's lower house. Times, Sunday Times A virtuous citizen was one that ignored monetary compensation and made a commitment to resist and eradicate corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This greatly facilitated the government's effort to eradicate corruption, red tape and inefficiency. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was known for his strong social conscience and his belief that reporters should strive to expose corruption. Times, Sunday Times We're still going to speak out ... expose corruption. ST For years her campaigns to expose corruption in local government and the police had earned her powerful enemies. Times, Sunday Times He explained that it criminalises both parties, destroying any motive either might have to expose corruption. Times, Sunday Times Although the councillors have little political power, they have been keen to expose corruption in their districts. Times,Sunday Times Here at the G20 we've decided to do more to stop aggressive tax avoidance and fight corruption. Times, Sunday Times (2016) As a result, we need to guard against the resurgence of corruption in subtle forms and ensure consistency in fighting corruption, especially during holidays and festivals. Times, Sunday Times (2014) That optimism soon turned to hubris, financial corruption and outeageous architectural showing off. Times, Sunday Times During the later part of the rule, there were allegations of financial corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Apart from that his group has split due to alleged financial corruption issues. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some blocked access to the port from federal roads and financial corruption was a problem. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The election was caused by a crisis over alleged high-level corruption. Times, Sunday Times Those who do want to fight crime are hampered by high-level corruption, political interference and severe witness intimidation. Times, Sunday Times Nobody could come away from these proceedings believing that the message had been sent out that high-level corruption would no longer be tolerated. Times, Sunday Times Discontent had been rising before elections last weekend over economic difficulties sparked by the pandemic and allegations of high-level corruption. Times,Sunday Times As befits any good treasure story, conspiracy theories abound of high-level corruption and collusion with the underworld. Times, Sunday Times The series' key allegation was of institutional corruption in the justice system. Times, Sunday Times If the funders of agricultural research continuously fail to support the crucial social implementation efforts, that suggests a type of institutional corruption. The Times Literary Supplement Real soldiers now deserting the battlefield talk of a widespread phenomenon, fuelled by disillusionment at institutional corruption and despair over the country's future. Times, Sunday Times Reformers sought to destroy what they saw as widespread institutional corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His approach has stimulated new work on institutional corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said a new anti-corruption unit would monitor and investigate corruption in all public procurement processes. ST During a period of publicized police scandal, he asked for and appropriated seventy thousand dollars to investigate corruption in the department. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It should be a government that starts to overhaul the politicised judiciary and that puts an end to the unacceptable delays in investigating corruption. Times, Sunday Times But we are doing everything we can, from investigating corruption to taking part in elections to staging street protests. Times, Sunday Times Much of that has been seized by foreign law enforcement agencies investigating corruption or frozen after the imposition of sanctions. Times, Sunday Times Until relatively recently, beauty was always associated with virtue, and ugliness or the physical scars of illness - such as smallpox, for example - were considered the outward expression of moral corruption. Times, Sunday Times Cosmic philosophising, moral corruption and gory violence: the sci-fi powerhouse returns very much on brand. Times, Sunday Times He attacked moral corruption and in the process he named individuals who were the targets of his denunciations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There would be a lot more to celebrate if governments almost everywhere took pruning hooks to the regulatory thickets where official corruption breeds. Times, Sunday Times The lawyer had exposed official corruption, only to find himself accused of tax crimes. Times, Sunday Times They had come to press grievances over confiscated property, police brutality and official corruption. Times, Sunday Times The rapid rise in social unrest has been caused by public anger about land grabs, official corruption and a yawning wealth gap. Times, Sunday Times The media and internet commentators have already criticised official corruption in building standards that turned schools into deathtraps. Times, Sunday Times The arms business would not survive in its current form without pervasive corruption. The Times Literary Supplement He puts most emphasis on the pervasive corruption of the political class. The Times Literary Supplement Critics said he had done nothing against a system of patronage that had led to pervasive corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He cited pervasive corruption, ineffectual government, and economic mismanagement for legitimising his action. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The pervasive corruption has been blamed on colonialism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The multitude of small trusts were frequently charged with being inefficient in use of resources and potentially suffered from petty corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This has apparently reduced petty corruption and meter manipulation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This classification refers to petty corruption under peer pressure (eating grass) and aggressive premeditated major corruption (eating meat). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The survey focused on petty corruption experienced by common citizens in daily life, rather than upon the large-scale corruption of the rich and powerful. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From armed robbery to police corruption, the gripping tale exposes the lives of the two men, and the disturbing legacy left for their sons. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Sources said the inquiry is set to become the largest into alleged police corruption for many years. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Collecting evidence and finding witnesses is difficult in a country where police corruption and violence is endemic. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Detectives investigating allegations of political corruption have told prosecutors that their inquiries will not be completed by next week's meeting. Times, Sunday Times The redevelopment of the oases has been the focal point of alleged political corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their sentiments also encompass the rejection of the current political system, capitalism, banks and political corruption. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has been the focus of investigations into allegations of ethics violations and political corruption with respect to campaign fund-raising and nepotism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His campaign focused on cleaning up alleged political corruption, prosecuting environmental crimes, and fighting illegal evictions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Amid evidence of rampant corruption, soaring unemployment and deep welfare cuts, watch out as other embattled leaders seek to divert attention from trouble at home. The Sun (2013) The huge cash influx has raised fears of rampant corruption and financial mismanagement. Times, Sunday Times (2010) A rapid building programme amid rampant corruption is producing economic waste and unreliable manufacturing. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The result is runaway inflation, rampant corruption, consumer shortages and a collapse in real wages. Times, Sunday Times (2015) In the bishops they saw pomposity and rampant corruption, disdain for biblical teaching, and addiction to ceremony. Christianity Today (2000) The author across many posts built a case for systemic corruption. Times, Sunday Times The born-frees are motivated by a litany of grievances: poor education, systemic corruption, high levels of unemployment and the lack of basic services in the country's townships and rural areas. Times, Sunday Times They seek shelter and livelihoods in an economy burdened further by systemic corruption and sharply rising food prices. Times, Sunday Times Factors which encourage systemic corruption include conflicting incentives, discretionary powers; monopolistic powers; lack of transparency; low pay; and a culture of impunity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The court also observed that it might have to monitor the investigation, given the nature of allegations which point to systemic corruption in the procurement of surveillance equipment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We've tackled corruption head-on by insisting on merit-based appointments of key officials and accountability. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He has identified tackling corruption, transparency and international aid as foreign policy issues in which he intends to focus his efforts. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I am one of many MPs from different political parties promoting this change to a new law designed to tackle corruption. Times, Sunday Times (2016) But reform of courts and tackling corruption lag way behind. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Her relentless campaign to uncover corruption had earned her many enemies among the country's politicians and business elite. Times,Sunday Times Your steps to uncover corruption were bold ways to fulfill your mandate. Globe and Mail Over the past three years he has uncovered corruption and malpractice in the highest echelons of power. Times, Sunday Times A classic plot about a decent cop uncovering corruption turns into one of the most remarkable revenge dramas in modern detective fiction. Times, Sunday Times His case was eventually settled without jail time, aided by the fact that he had uncovered corruption at his local draft board which allowed for more exemptions for the wealthy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This weakness often contributes to widespread corruption and inefficient public services. Christianity Today (2000) His claims of conspiracy with players on other teams imply widespread corruption. The Sun (2012) It received two detailed emails alleging widespread corruption. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Translations: Chinese: 腐败 Japanese: 腐敗行為 |
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