noun
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)
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- 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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- impairment of virtue and moral principles
- the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
- moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
- its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
- Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
noun
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty
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Examples
- undermining moral integrity
- corruption of a minor
- 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
- he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering