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coined the term "honest graft" ("I seen my opportunities and I took em."), distinguishing it from "dishonest graft" ("blackmailin' gamblers, saloonkeepers, disorderly people, etc."). As an example, he cited buying land before it became known to the public that it had been earmarked for a new park,
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Anti-corruption and
Economic Malpractice Observatory
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783:Investigation Task Force Sweep
777:National Accountability Bureau
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100:then selling it for a profit.
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280:Corruption Perceptions Index
56:at a cost far above regular
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285:Economics of corruption
911:UK Bribery Act of 2010
667:Oficina Anticorrupción
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273:Measures of corruption
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421:Professional courtesy
384:Honest services fraud
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339:Conflict of interest
264:Political corruption
148:Political corruption
39:political corruption
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394:Match fixing
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343:Corporation
315:Black market
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551:State crime
509:Mafia state
504:Kleptocracy
469:Clientelism
436:Tax evasion
319:Grey market
133:Money trail
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1004:Yo Soy 132
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519:Plutocracy
474:Coronelism
431:Slush fund
230:Corruption
159:References
128:Inside job
113:Corruption
967:movements
887:(pending)
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843:(Ukraine)
803:(Romania)
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686:(Burundi)
560:Elections
441:Tax haven
369:Extortion
329:Collusion
310:Baksheesh
143:Patronage
80:Although
43:authority
876:Laws and
809:(Russia)
791:(Poland)
739:(Latvia)
698:(China)
660:National
514:Nepotism
484:Cronyism
389:Kickback
138:Nepotism
118:Cronyism
107:See also
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727:(India)
426:Scandal
324:Bribery
303:General
62:profits
754:BIANCO
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462:State
374:Fraud
352:Shell
347:Dummy
123:Grift
31:Graft
22:Graft
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