Police and the informers they regularly employed became despised, while petty corruption spiralled out of al control. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
But the truth is that these petty corruptions pale in comparison to Pruitt's actual policy record at the EPA. (fortune.com)
In these circumstances, petty corruption has grown, fostering yet more cynicism and disorder in the relation between governments and their citizens. (religion-online.org)