Political corruption is a term that broadly refers to acts by elected officials that benefit themselves at the expense of the country or their constituents. The Supreme Court has recently taken a much narrower view of the legal definition as only including acts using the official powers of public office or of attempting to influence others to use their official powers for personal gain. Political corruption can include bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, influence peddling, and graft. Corruption may facilitate other crimes such as money laundering, fraud or embezzlement or it may be subtler. More subtle forms of corruption may involve changing regulations to benefit a campaign donor or providing access to decision makers in exchange for patronizing a business owned by someone related to a politician.