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عيلة بلا بواب
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Glossary entry

Arabic term or phrase:

ركب

English translation:

drown in corruption

Added to glossary by Liliane Hatem
Mar 4, 2015 20:09
9 yrs ago
Arabic term

ركب

Arabic to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
This is from an Egyptian policy paper. The full phrase is:

".الفساد في المحليات وصل "للركب

I know the usual meaning of ركب, but don't understand its usage in this case. Many thanks in advance for any help.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 drown in corruption
3 +1 swimming in it.
4 plagued/hit/gone viral in/spread to/gone deep in
Change log

Mar 9, 2015 17:34: Liliane Hatem Created KOG entry

Discussion

Chakib Roula Mar 4, 2015:
Here we are referring that the corruption has reached an alarming and critical degree.

Proposed translations

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drown in corruption

www.nytimes.com/.../ap-eu-ukraine-a-neighborhood-...The New York Times
May 25, 2014 - They've seen too many governments drown in corruption and infighting, too many hero politicians who turned out to be ineffectual. "Look at ...
Peer comment(s):
agree Mohamed Rehan
9 mins
Thank you Mohamed
agree Brittany Jones
12 hrs
Thank you Brittany
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swimming in it.

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Investment Consulting Swimming in Corruption ... - aiCIO



www.ai-cio.com/.../investment_consu...





Chief Investment Officer Magazine





May 7, 2013 - Investment Consulting Swimming in Corruption, Says Harvard Ethics Scholar. Misaligned interests, placement agents, and the disappearing ...

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Nigeria ports swimming in corruption, unqualified personnel ...



www.nigeria70.com/nigerian...swimming_in_corruption.../6105...




Dec 9, 2013 - Nigeria ports swimming in corruption, unqualified personnel -ICPC. The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission ...


Nigeria: After the Nightmare - Page 81 - Google Books Result



https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0761855416

Iyorwuese Hagher - 2011 - ‎History
While Gowon's cabinet and Governors were swimming in corruption, neo-liberalism as we now know it was being fabricated at this moment in far away Chile.


Last Days - Page 29 - Google Books Result



https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1467071757

Ronnie Hixon - 2006 - ‎Religion
Man did not just wake up and find himself swimming in corruption in Sodom or anywhere else. There was a sequence to the social downgrade into such ...
Peer comment(s):
agree Randa Farhat : deeply immersed in corruption - involved in corruption up to the neck
2 days 18 hrs
Thank you
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33 mins

plagued/hit/gone viral in/spread to/gone deep in

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