corrupting influence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcorruptandinfluence
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corrupt
adjective
uk/kəˈrʌpt/us/kəˈrʌpt/
dishonestly using your position or power to get an advantage, especially ...
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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 ofcorruptandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Lintott has rightly observed how it could have acorruptinginfluenceon the electoral system, derived from mutual perceptions of illegitimacy in the minds of both candidates and voters.
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It gives power over one's fellow citizens which, perhaps, is acorruptinginfluenceunless there is great integrity.
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They are all too susceptible to thecorruptinginfluenceof the continuous contact.
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It is nonsense to suggest that they have acorruptinginfluence.
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One can only reflect sadly on thecorruptinginfluenceof large sums of money when we look at the events of recent weeks.
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Such is thecorruptinginfluenceof badly thought out legislation, which criminalises a practice that ought to be kept lawful.
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He assumes that the onlycorruptinginfluenceis money.
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They cheapen our national reputation in the eyes of many of our foreign visitors and constitute a most unhealthycorruptinginfluenceon our young.
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That reinforces the image that our game is riddled with violence, which is the most pervasive andcorruptinginfluenceon our game.
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The need to raise such huge sums has acorruptinginfluence.
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It has a fundamentallycorruptinginfluenceon us.
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I assume that there is a far morecorruptinginfluence—power.
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We felt that the publication of such odds just before an election could represent not only an undue influence but possibly acorruptinginfluenceon the electorate.
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I believe that any publisher who publishes books which have acorruptinginfluenceis a person who is not worthy of being considered as a decent person at all.
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But thecorruptinginfluence, as we all know, has spread so far that many of the smallest taxpayers are to-day affected, and if they are not affected they are stultified.
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I am a great believer in freedom, and we should be careful before we censor such establishments, but we should consider whether they have acorruptinginfluenceon a locality.
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I cannot see that the contingency fee in the form in which it is proposed is anything but acorruptinginfluenceon the ethics of advocacy.
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The pressing need is to re-establish effective checks on the misuse of virtually absolute power with thecorruptinginfluencewhich such power brings in public life.
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First that they are acorruptinginfluence.
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These creatures also possess souls, that create acorruptinginfluenceon living beings.
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