Word Information

Corruption

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Definitions for Corruption

noun
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)
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  1. use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
noun
in a state of progressive putrefaction
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noun
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
noun
moral perversion
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  1. impairment of virtue and moral principles
  2. the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
  3. moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
  4. its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
  5. Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
noun
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty
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  1. undermining moral integrity
  2. corruption of a minor
  3. the big city's subversion of rural innocence
noun
inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
Examples
  1. he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering

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