improper influence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimproperandinfluence
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improper
adjective
uk/ɪmˈprɒp.ər/us/ɪmˈprɑː.pɚ/
formal
dishonest and against a law or ...
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influence
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.flu.əns/us/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to ...
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(Definition ofimproperandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, firm surveys can measure some aspects of state capture, by including questions aboutimproperinfluenceover laws and regulations affecting business.
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We also have a judiciary whose independence, as individual judges from one another and from anyimproperinfluence, is also superb and complete.
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Our objective is to achieve a prosecuting service that is independent ofimproperinfluence.
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But they must observe the requirements of propriety: for instance they must not provide confidential information without authorisation, or allowimproperinfluenceon policy.
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No recent research has been commissioned on theimproperinfluenceand intimidation of jurors.
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That was to avoid any impression of backstairs intrigue orimproperinfluence.
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Theimproperinfluenceof policy is the acid test of all that is proposed.
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That is a far cry from seeking to exercise undue andimproperinfluenceon judicial discretion.
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You must have men who are not susceptible to any kind ofimproperinfluence, political or financial.
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But they must observe the requirements of propriety: for instance, they must not provide confidential information without authorisation, or allowimproperinfluenceon policy.
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By building on this well-established relationship our proposals secure accountability for decisions in the service while guarding against the risk ofimproperinfluence.
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They have been charged with giving way toimproperinfluenceand to political pressure, with having allowed their judgment to be distorted by outside influences.
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If the agency set up to protect our food is somehow under theimproperinfluenceof commercial interests, we certainly want to know about it.
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We cannot know for certain whether anyone in this affair has committed a conscious act of corruption as a direct result ofimproperinfluence.
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Special advisers and other civil servants must observe the requirements of propriety: for instance, they must not provide confidential information without authorisation or allowimproperinfluenceon policy.
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Special advisers and other civil servants must observe the requirements of propriety: for instance, they must not provide confidential information with authorisation or allowimproperinfluenceon policy.
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That he would make an alteration which was unjust, merely because he thought it was expedient, because ofimproperinfluenceor other corrupt motive nobody would believe.
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Special advisers and other civil servants must observe the requirements of propriety; for instance, they must not provide confidential information without authorisation or allowimproperinfluenceon policy.
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There is one thing from which in this country we have been secure, and that has been anyimproperinfluence, any log-rolling influences in political matters.
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I am glad that there is no recommendation that it be broken up, because bigness is part of its very considerable capacity to resistimproperinfluenceupon it.
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