Economists sometimes contend that it makes no difference whether officialdom is decently paid or underpaid and makes it up by taking bribes. |
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There is white-collar crime including embezzlement, tax evasion, and bribes to officials. |
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In a position to shun the cash bribes of big business, he's now impervious to their threats. |
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Once taken in by the upper society, he is given undeserving respect and a copious amount of bribes. |
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He had dishonestly taken bribes with a view to fixing the result of games in which he would be playing. |
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It is through small bribes of chocolate, coffee, cognac and the like that patients are able to assure themselves of quality care. |
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But at least most of us don't have to earn our lucre by taking bribes at refugee centres and metro police roadblocks. |
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The charges also include misusing his office for personal gain and seeking bribes and salary kickbacks from his staff. |
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Those who are found to be taking bribes or kickbacks will face strict punishment and may be disqualified. |
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So with the aim of contracting for projects, the constructor spends huge amounts of money on bribes. |
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No party ever offered such a cornucopia of naked bribes to the voter, all absolutely free, gratis and for nothing. |
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A French judge has been inquiring into the alleged bribes for the past two years. |
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The problem is not just the bribes and the backhanders, it is the way political parties are financed through private donations. |
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Today's new rich would not shrink from spending a few thousand bucks as bribes to short-circuit the queue. |
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Migrants also relied on intermediaries to negotiate with corrupt authorities that demanded bribes at international borders. |
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When you eventually wise up, faux police barge into your hotel and demand massive bribes in exchange for your freedom. |
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The alleged bribes were channelled through a number of companies set up for the purpose. |
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They sought no national awards, no positions of authority, no bribes, no handouts from government. |
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Louis viewed bribes as an investment which could bring future benefits to France. |
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During the Ming dynasty dragon robes were used as gifts to dignitaries and bribes to ward off northern barbarians like the Manchus. |
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Businesses competed ruthlessly, sometimes unethically, and corrupted the political system through bribes, kickbacks, and illegal rebates. |
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Whether through bribes or threats, all will eventually fall into line behind the hegemonic imperialist power. |
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Tip-offs about possible bribes do trickle in from whistleblowers, overseas embassies and investigative journalists. |
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His father was able to control the various cliques and factions through nepotism and bribes. |
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But because prostitution is illegal, brothel owners pays no taxes, instead giving regular bribes and hush money to corrupt policemen. |
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He disclosed that cases have been reported with officials tampering with disconnected water and electricity meters in return for bribes. |
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I have been offered bribes in the past, which had hilarious consequences for the briber. |
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Thus a person who has a disposition to accept bribes but who is never offered any is not corrupt, except perhaps in an attenuated sense. |
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Not only the water but fish, sand and shorelines become subject to licensed exploitation, only those with cash or bribes can use them. |
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At checkpoints throughout the province, the security forces openly extort bribes. |
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Are the pay-offs and bribes more important than these boys or putting an end to such nonsense? |
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They will probably have to pay larger bribes and offer better terms to overcome their questionable past. |
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He thought I was accepting Alyssa's bribes or letting her blackmail me into getting them back together. |
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Nevertheless, I realized that a fair review was possible if I could find a person who would not accept my bribes. |
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This isn't about any of our administration accepting bribes and contributions. |
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But as long as others are free to offer bribes, some will try to buy special licenses to bypass the monopoly. |
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Many companies are thought to pay bribes to sokaiya to stop them asking questions they don't want to answer. |
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Twelve years he saw the savage tribes take both French and English bribes, and he found within them, dwelt a Lion's heart, The Fox's cunning and the Serpent's Dart. |
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Was it a set-up by powerful but corrupt Saudis who felt the bootleggers had undercut their market or ripped them off over bribes or a share of the profits? |
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Maintaining good personal relations with everyone is very important as favors, bribes, kickbacks, and connections all come into play when making the final deal. |
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But, in the back rooms of the main concourse, customs officials demand bribes from traders trying to import clothes, shoes or electrical goods into the country. |
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If Helen had said she was facing the next election with confidence because she was going to hand out truckloads of election year bribes, then I would be more worried. |
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Doctors, who were overworked and underpaid, began taking bribes to provide care. |
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Eventually the idea of using an offshore shell company in the Cayman Islands as a way to hide the paying of bribes became a more plausible, and attractive idea. |
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He takes a relatively restrained approach to potentially melodramatic material and scenes in which she is unswayed by bribes or beatings make a considerable impact. |
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But the small boy who was unwillingly dawdling through a series of poses for it, to-day refused all bribes to be good. |
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Buying and selling contraband, falsifying documentation to achieve employment, evading taxes, and paying bribes to public officials are socially accepted behaviors. |
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Reporting a stolen cellphone for blocking is no longer helpful because of some unpatriotic technicians who receive bribes to unblock stolen cell phones. |
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These questions address different aspects of confidence relating to the size of bribes, the possibility of additional requests, and the likeliness of opportunism. |
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The narcos pay millions of dollars in bribes to stay above the law. |
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He got the white heat of corruption thanks to a Yorkshire architect who was later convicted for his part in a scandal of backstairs planning and bribes. |
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They are not averse to accepting bribes and throwing matches. |
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Bureaucrats confide that the reason ticket counters at train stations are so chaotic is to encourage bribes. |
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The small bribes probably didn't violate any human right such as liberty, security, non-discrimination, minimal education and political participation. |
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A string of former city vendors, subcontractors and administration insiders, who had all copped pleas, testified to the bribes. |
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In Petrograd they were in great danger but had many friends in high places, and with money for bribes they avoided arrest. |
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Gifts with business implications, large or small, that undermine the moral good and discount deservedness work to the same ends as bribes. |
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Sums paid to Scottish commissioners and leading political figure have been described as bribes, but the existence of direct bribes is disputed. |
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Their status as high officials was thought to safeguard them from the temptation of taking bribes. |
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Judges were also banned from taking bribes and were supposed to use sworn inquests to establish facts. |
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Twice more in the 860s Vikings rowed to Paris, leaving only when they acquired sufficient loot or bribes from the Carolingian rulers. |
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Former banking regulator Michael Creft, testified that FIBG paid bribes to the govt. |
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As mentioned previously, Isabella had little care for personal bribes or favours. |
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In 1621, the voyevodas were forbidden by Tsar Michael to take bribes as this had become a problem. |
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Parents often pay bribes to get their children admitted to better public schools. |
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And if some guy is dipping into the funds or taking bribes or slowballing things, those people should be exposed. |
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Shortly thereafter, More was charged with accepting bribes, but the charges had to be dismissed for lack of any evidence. |
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His son Edward, however, began using patronage and bribes to win over many of the barons. |
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Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets. |
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Clark argued that in exchange for the financial benefits and bribes that England bestowed, what it gained was. |
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The relations of life act as bribes to bias his judgment and foredetermine his verdict. |
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The kings resorted to bribes, and the Spanish king became Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. |
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They were arrested on suspicion of bribery and cor-r ruption, conspiracy to pay bribes, money laundering and false accounting. |
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The ambassadors could then hope to recoup that money through bribes from merchants desperate to be included in the cafila. |
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Roman traders may have travelled north, and Roman subsidies, or bribes, were sent to useful tribes and leaders. |
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The petitioners further alleged that the staff of the RTA Sanghar was extracting bribes from the ricksha drivers and in some cases also impounding their vehicles. |
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In child abuse cases, a molester often seduces a child in steps starting with fondling, offering bribes and through other seductive methods, they added. |
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Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience. |
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In 1998, it was reported that several IOC members had taken bribes from members of the Salt Lake City bid committee for the hosting of the 2002 Winter Olympics. |
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What many didn't know at the time was that to secure the deal, Truppel and his colluders had caused Siemens to commit to paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes. |
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If a defendant bribes a judge and obtains acquittal as a result of a bench trial, the acquittal is not valid because the defendant was never in jeopardy in the first place. |
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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaueble admitted in 2000 to receiving 100,000 Deutschmarks in bribes from a Canadian arms manufacturer to fund the CDU Party. |
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When the bill becomes an act, it will provide a big relief to people who now run from pillar to post and are forced to pay bribes to get their work done in government offices. |
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Inhospitable police and officials made travelling difficult, although crossing countless palms with bribes of folding money usually did the trick. |
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The Nigerian was later suspended from voting after a FIFA ethics court ruled he solicited bribes from undercover Sunday Times reporters posing as lobbyists. |
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