as in corrupt
open to improper influence and especially bribery
there's a rumor that that judge is eminently corruptible
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Zoe Saldaña as Rita, a jaded defense attorney for white-collar criminals, is writing her closing argument, asking the jury to exonerate her client, a corrupt bureaucrat accused of pushing his wife off a balcony.Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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In their telling, the fraud blamed on Dorje Chang was, in fact, pulled off by one of his corrupt former disciples.Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
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The press, the political class, and both major parties have proved to be sclerotic, venal, and shortsighted.The Editors, National Review, 4 July 2024
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Pig-butchering scams are almost without exception run by triad gangs who set up on China’s periphery, where the transnational nature of the crime, fuzzy jurisdiction and venal local authorities make cases difficult to prosecute.TIME, TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
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Allison has been coming here for years, usually to get an iced dirty chai.Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Made In the Shade The point of gardening is to get dirty, so clothing should of course be secondary.Chloe Schama, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
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Blue Water Creek cuts a crooked path through a broad valley, its waters still pristine.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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This was made possible by his crooked judge father (M. Emmet Walsh, in his final role).Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
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The fourth season of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses concludes with a big ol’ reveal: Frank Harkness, the rogue intelligence operative our titular bargain-bin agents have been chasing the whole time, isn’t just the head of a mercenary cabal staffed with men he’s brainwashed since childhood.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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While the case was first opened in 2020, when Google blocked channels that then belonged to Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, it was expanded when YouTube banned further channels after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.David Hodari, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Corruptible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corruptible. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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