noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a corruption scandal (= involving illegal payments )
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a major police corruption scandal
allegations of corruption/fraud/misconduct etc
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Mr Singh has strongly denied the allegations of sexual harassment.
bribery and corruption (= bribery and dishonest behaviour )
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He was found guilty of bribery and corruption .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
endemic
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The legacy of the Duvalierist years included endemic corruption and vast ecological damage.
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The endemic corruption and absence of economic reform have scared away foreign investors.
financial
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Arrests were also reported of members of a major network of financial corruption involving the falsification of official documents.
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Post-coup inquiries revealed widespread financial corruption .
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Investigations into other cases of financial corruption resulted in a series of arrests among senior industry figures.
guilty
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Polisario sources claimed that in a recent internal investigation he had been found guilty of corruption and diversion of funds.
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I do not find it necessary to reach any conclusion on the question whether a local authority can be guilty of corruption .
official
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High unemployment, non-payment of state wages and pensions and official cronyism and corruption will all be election issues.
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The latitude for administrative discretion in individual cases surely encouraged rather than checked official corruption .
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However, in January the military pushed the button for an official investigation of corruption in the ministry of energy.
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Integrity provides protection against partiality or deceit or other forms of official corruption , for example.
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This bitter complaint and reference to lavish party practices and official corruption was to grow louder over the year.
political
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In 1965 Ferdinand Marcos became President and retained power thereafter through the increasing use of political corruption and coercion.
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Already, voters seem to think political corruption is rampant.
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The pact was ostensibly motivated by a desire to eradicate political dynasties and corruption in favour of political renovation and democratic change.
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Hot or not: Good cast, good creative team; a suspense story about political corruption always seems to be topical.
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The reasons they switched their allegiance included anxiety about globalisation, a rejection of political corruption and fear of immigration.
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Nor has the return to political orthodoxy reduced corruption .
public
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In their battle against public corruption , the Progressives slapped controls on everything they could.
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He had been a public corruption prosecutor, a D.C.
widespread
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Post-coup inquiries revealed widespread financial corruption .
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This money helped to fuel the widespread corruption that has been so glaring under the Yeltsin regime.
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The general demoralization of Soviet society during the Brezhnev period affected the militia also and by the 1980s widespread corruption was reported.
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They were determined to stop the widespread corruption that had discredited government contracting.
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There has been widespread corruption in the ivory trade.
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He said those efforts were plagued by widespread corruption and official indifference.
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Despite widespread violence and corruption , Leslie Manigat was declared the winner and was inaugurated on Feb 7.
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allegation
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For the council's works committee is to consider taking disciplinary action against employees who made serious corruption allegations against senior officials.
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The regional attorney general's office is investigating corruption allegations against the university's former rector that involve millions of dollars.
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There will also be further reforms in the banking sector, plagued by corruption allegations .
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For months the Yeltsin family has been at the centre of corruption allegations .
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The mayor, Pietro Giubilo, had to quit in the face of corruption allegations involving companies linked to Communion and Liberation.
case
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This was the latest in a series of corruption cases involving Arizona.
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Last weekend officials formally registered a corruption case against him.
charge
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The former president's brother, Raul, is in prison on a murder conviction and corruption charges .
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The seven tax fraud charges were only the first of many corruption charges expected to be filed against Marcos and her children.
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Nano, imprisoned on what he insists were trumped-up corruption charges , was freed as the disorders heated up.
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The Supreme Court was due to rule whether he must face impeachment proceedings on corruption charges .
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It was reported that he would be tried by a military court on corruption charges and for plotting an alleged coup.
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Its managing director, Enzo Papi, is awaiting trial on corruption charges .
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Mr Perez was unpopular long before the current corruption charges were made.
drug
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He says drug corruption is now so prevalent that it has tainted the assembly, the courts, and press and television.
investigation
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Another exploded at the attorney-general's office hours after Tommy Suharto had been questioned in connection with a corruption investigation .
problem
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Regardless, Zhu's speech provided a fascinating vantage point on the corruption problem facing the Communist Party.
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We have a severe corruption problem in Douglas.
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Anti-corruption investigators have noted growing corruption problems in El Paso.
scandal
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A dozen of the company's senior executives have been caught up in the country's ever-widening corruption scandal .
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That's why these corruption scandals deserve our attention.
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The government has been plagued by repeated corruption scandals .
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However, the most disturbing corruption scandals have concerned not politicians but sportsmen.
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One idea is to revive a bill put forward in 1991, in the wake of a previous corruption scandal .
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Air Force corruption scandal Brig. -Gen.
■ VERB
accuse
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Blasting through the grey language that usually cloaks such matters he accuses the Fund of corruption , self-interest and deceit.
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All four outgoing ministers had been accused of corruption and influence-peddling.
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All the past five sheriffs of this suburban county near Atlanta have been accused of corruption or abuse of office.
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He tried to impeach Mr Premadasa, accusing the president of corruption .
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He also launched a bitter attack on the judiciary, accusing it of corruption .
allege
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Then, on top of the craziness and alleged corruption , populist Bucaram last month announced an economic austerity program.
convict
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Despite government promises of firm action, no official had to date been convicted of corruption .
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Three Customs officers there have been convicted of drug-related corruption since 1994.
eliminate
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His immediate focus is on eliminating high-level corruption and reducing violent crime.
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If it costs far more to eliminate corruption than we save by doing so, is it worth the expense?
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This measure was intended to eliminate corruption and prevent unrecoverable loans being passed on to the Central Bank.
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At a stroke, this would eliminate academic corruption while benefiting the athletes.
expose
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When the feud broke out into the open, it exposed a slew of corruption charges from both camps.
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It comprehends probes into departments of the Federal Government to expose corruption , inefficiency or waste.
face
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The Supreme Court was due to rule whether he must face impeachment proceedings on corruption charges.
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Former justice minister Tzahi Hanegbi faces indictment on corruption charges.
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Generals Roh and Chun now face charges of corruption and of allegedly masterminding a 1979 coup that brought them to power.
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For a start, they are likely to face charges of corruption and electoral fraud.
fight
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He exhorted delegates to fight corruption , bureaucracy and incompetence.
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He said the plans form part of a nationwide battle Fox has launched to fight corruption and crime.
grow
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Other problems included growing unemployment, serious corruption , a shortage of water and environmental deterioration.
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Anti-corruption investigators have noted growing corruption problems in El Paso.
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A growing corruption scandal involving the Elf oil company claimed its highest-ranking victim to date.
investigate
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The regional attorney general's office is investigating corruption allegations against the university's former rector that involve millions of dollars.
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But the councils have the power to investigate corruption and run their own radio and television stations.
involve
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Arrests were also reported of members of a major network of financial corruption involving the falsification of official documents.
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This was the latest in a series of corruption cases involving Arizona.
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The mayor, Pietro Giubilo, had to quit in the face of corruption allegations involving companies linked to Communion and Liberation.
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A growing corruption scandal involving the Elf oil company claimed its highest-ranking victim to date.
root
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Sir Robert Mark's campaign to root out corruption in the Metropolitan Police is well known.
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The ruling Kuomintang is desperately in need of reform, including rooting out blatant corruption and severing gangland ties.
tackle
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It requires investment in good governance and tackling petty corruption .
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Neither is Mr Kim yet ready to tackle corruption in business.
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Some progress has been made since 1999 in tackling corruption and restoring order to the country's indebted economy.
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On the one hand, the Socialists say they will tackle corruption by introducing a new law on party financing.
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Lord Condon has made 24 recommendations on how to tackle corruption .
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The former general campaigned on two policies: cracking down on crime and tackling corruption .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Corruption has become so widespread there that you almost can't imagine the system working without it.
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The administration has frequently been accused of corruption and abuse of power.
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The chief of police was forced to resign after allegations of corruption .
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The country's government has been accused of corruption and abuse of power.
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The play is about the gradual corruption of a scientist.
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The word Thursday is a corruption of Thor's Day.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Enter Sister Christine, a veteran campaigner against injustice and corruption .
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It was even suggested that a moderate degree of corruption was tolerable if the economy continued to grow.
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The result: a perpetual cement famine, official rationing and enormous corruption .
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The society had become so perverted by power and corruption that honest people were considered to be stupid.
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We have a severe corruption problem in Douglas.