CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT Definition & Meaning

corrupt practices act

noun

any of several U.S. statutes for ensuring the purity of elections by forbidding the purchase of votes, restricting the amount and source of political contributions, limiting campaign expenditures, and requiring the submission of an itemized statement of such expenditures.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of corrupt practices act¹

First recorded in 1880–85

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This week: Trump has signed an order suspending the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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Instead of dealing with those crimes, Bondi said in the memo, the Criminal Division’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit will prioritize foreign bribery cases that facilitate the criminal operations of cartels and transnational organizations such as "human smuggling and the trafficking of narcotics and firearms."

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Mr. Trump has spoken against the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, under which Mr. Adani has been indicted, arguing that its rules put American companies at a disadvantage.

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Piñate, a Venezuelan citizen, Smartmatic executive Jorge Vasquez and former executive Elie Moreno are each charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which forbids corporate bribery abroad.

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act through the actions of its agent, Clear Media Limited, which at the time was a Clear Channel majority-owned subsidiary in China.

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