《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪十五》
奸佞的官吏便擅权弄法，受贿赂的东西多得象市场出售的商品一样，无辜受害扩大冤狱的事很多。
奸吏招权弄法，货赂成市，枉滥者多。
Crafty and treacherous officials then took it upon themselves to exercise power and distort the laws, accepting bribes that piled up like goods being sold on the market, and there were many cases of innocent people being victimized and unjustly imprisoned.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 奸吏招权弄法，货赂成市，枉滥者多。 [/INST] Crafty and treacherous officials then took it upon themselves to exercise power and distort the laws, accepting bribes that piled up like goods being sold on the market, and there were many cases of innocent people being victimized and unjustly imprisoned.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 奸吏招权弄法，货赂成市，枉滥者多。
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Crafty and treacherous officials then took it upon themselves to exercise power and distort the laws, accepting bribes that piled up like goods being sold on the market, and there were many cases of innocent people being victimized and unjustly imprisoned.
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