corruption

/kə'rʌpʃn/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery: The act of inducing someone, especially a public official, to act improperly by offering money or other incentives.
    • The process of decay; putrefaction: The state of being decomposed or rotten, especially in organic matter.
    • Moral deterioration; depravity: The process by which someone or something becomes morally debased or perverted.
    • The process of becoming corrupted or making something erroneous: The act of changing something from its original, correct form to an incorrect or debased version.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • The investigation uncovered widespread corruption in the city government.
    • The corruption of the wooden beams made the structure unsafe.
    • He argued that the film's violence would lead to the corruption of young minds.
    • The corruption of the ancient text made it difficult for scholars to interpret.
Advanced Usage
  • "A corruption of": A debased or erroneous form of something.
    • The local dialect is a corruption of the original language.
  • "To be riddled with corruption": To be thoroughly full of or damaged by dishonest practices.
    • The organization was riddled with corruption from top to bottom.
Variants and Related Words
  • Corrupt (verb): To cause to become dishonest or immoral; to debase.
    • Power has the potential to corrupt even the most honest person.
  • Corrupt (adjective): Willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain; morally depraved.
    • The corrupt official was sentenced to prison.
  • Corruptible (adjective): Capable of being corrupted.
    • He was seen as a corruptible individual who could be bribed.
  • Corruptness (noun): The state or quality of being corrupt.
Synonyms
  • Dishonesty: Lack of honesty or integrity.
  • Decay: The process of rotting or decomposition.
  • Depravity: Moral corruption; wickedness.
  • Degeneracy: The state of being degenerate; decline to a lower state.
Related Phrases
  • Political corruption: The use of powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain.
  • Data corruption: Errors in computer data that occur during writing, reading, storage, transmission, or processing.
Related Idioms
  • The corruption of power: The idea that holding power tends to lead to unethical behavior.
    • The novel explores the classic theme of the corruption of power.
  • A canker of corruption: A spreading, corrupting influence (often used metaphorically).
    • The scandal was a canker of corruption that infected the entire department.
Noun
  1. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
    • he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering
  2. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
    • corruption of a minor
    • the big city's subversion of rural innocence
  3. moral perversion; 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
  4. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
  5. in a state of progressive putrefaction
  6. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

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