anticorruption
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Since taking power in 2012, Xi has used anticorruption purges to consolidate control and advance plans to modernize a military that hasn’t fought a full-scale war since 1979, when China battled Vietnam.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
The Energoatom probe suggests that “despite very high pressure, Ukrainian anticorruption institutions work,” says Daria Kaleniuk of the Anti-Corruption Action Center, a Ukrainian nonprofit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
On Friday, Ukraine’s anticorruption agency searched his home, prompting renewed demands from lawmakers to remove him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Since taking power in 2012, Xi has used anticorruption purges to consolidate control and advance plans to modernize a military that hasn’t fought a full-scale war since 1979.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The IMF, which had resumed loans in 2000 to help Kenya through the drought, again halted lending in 2001 when the government failed to institute several anticorruption measures.
From The 2004 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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