anticorruption
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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The Chinese leader’s anticorruption campaign has widened into a fight against everything from disloyalty to “superstitious” behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Albania’s anticorruption prosecutor is now investigating the land transfers on the site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Moody had made his name as an anticorruption crusader during his tenure as the state’s attorney general: Borger’s cartoonish governmental lawlessness struck him as both a political liability and a moral affront.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian anticorruption police dropped the teaser for the next episode of its top drama at 9 a.m. on Friday: They were conducting searches at locations linked to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s right-hand man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Current goals include attracting foreign investment, strengthening the educational system, resolving disputes with coca growers over Bolivia's counterdrug efforts, and waging an anticorruption campaign.
From The 2005 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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