There are 32 independent school boards that jealously guard their authority over elementary and middle schools, sometimes in ways that have been deemed corrupt.

His report led to the ousting of many officials who were deemed corrupt or incompetent, including the viceroy of the northern region.

Mr. Bush separately issued an order barring people deemed corrupt from entering the United States.

The case also illustrates the government's struggle to reconcile its short-term energy interests with its longer-term political goal of encouraging democracy in countries the international community has deemed corrupt.

But he ran into difficulties at the bank, where he was criticized for suspending financing for a number of countries deemed corrupt without consulting the board.

It is also now used to imply the dissolvement of government organizations deemed corrupt or obsolete.

Also as part of the agreement, the courts obtained the authority to rid the union of other officers it deemed corrupt; at least 100 have been forced out in two years.

Perhaps the most difficult point on the agenda will be to work out the removal of military officers deemed excessively abusive or corrupt.

It's the hypercapitalist studio mentality that is usually deemed corrupt.

It is a significant breakthrough for a nation long deemed too wealthy with oil money and too corrupt to be granted relief from debt accumulated over years of misrule.