Power corrupted him, and it will corrupt you, too. Barras and Rewbell were notoriously corrupt themselves and screened corruption in others. Politicians or government officials are accused of engaging in illegal, corrupt, or unethical practices. It is corrupt, indecent and immoral. They saw all monarchies as illegitimate tyrannies that were inherently corrupt. He feared that monied and business interests would corrupt republican values. The Act also introduced criminal penalties for corrupt officialdom. Many also argue that subsidized monopolies tend to be corrupt and inefficient. These religious groups identified saloons as politically corrupt and drinking as a personal sin. Cambodia is consistently listed as one of the most corrupt governments in the world. They issued pamphlets attacking the leadership as corrupt and perverted. He appears to seek the destruction of the drug cartel run by corrupt cops. Congressmen often won election by bribing voters in this clientelistic and corrupt system. Money ending up in the pockets of civil servants and corrupt businessmen. Jackson believed that the Bank was a fundamentally corrupt monopoly.