1.   Corruption also pervades the election process, in the sense that small amounts of cash and food are handed out to win votes.

2.   Eager to throw their labor opponents on the defense, some Republicans in Congress have seized on these cases to declare that unions are still pervaded by corruption.

3.   Corruption had pervaded Japanese politics for years, but the Kanemaru case was breathtaking in scope.

4.   Some also claim that corruption pervades the construction industry, so the project would mainly benefit influential politicians and big businesses.