anti-corruption

adjective

an·ti-cor·rup·tion

ˌan-tē-kə-ˈrəp-shən,

ˌan-tī-

: opposing, discouraging or punishing corruption

anti-corruption laws

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After its investigators were attacked by protesters later on Saturday, the anti-corruption agency asked media companies to obscure the faces of its members attending the hearing. —

Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025 He was finally brought into custody after hundreds of anti-corruption investigators and police raided the presidential compound. —

Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 Police and anti-corruption officials attempted to detain Yoon on January 3 but were unable to do so after a five-hour standoff in which they were outnumbered by agents from the Presidential Security Service, South Korea’s equivalent of the Secret Service. —

Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 What To Know According to Reuters, Yoon's motorcade was seen approaching the anti-corruption agency offices on Wednesday. —

Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for anti-corruption

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-corruption was in 1841

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“Anti-corruption.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-corruption. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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