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US
/kɝˈəpʃən/
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[ UK /kəɹˈʌpʃən/ ]
[ UK /kəɹˈʌpʃən/ ]
NOUN
- lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
- in a state of progressive putrefaction
- decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
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destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
the big city's subversion of rural innocence
corruption of a minor -
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 -
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
How To Use corruption In A Sentence
- Their accusations of corruption are hypocritical - they have been just as corrupt themselves.
- The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption.
- The company's president is already in jail on corruption charges. Times, Sunday Times
- In the end the sentence-for criminal conspiracy, corruption and bribery-was a compromise.
- The main methods of obtaining that information were blagging or corruption.
- Newspapers have, however, reported that prosecutors are convinced the investigating magistrate in charge of a corruption and fraud inquiry involving the regional governments of the Balearic Islands and Valencia will soon officially name him as a suspect in the case. Spain's king blocks scandal-hit son-in-law from royal duties
- The law obliges officials to review deals with firms found responsible for corruption. Times, Sunday Times
- From its reputation as a cure-all, comes the obscure name of the plant ‘tutsan’ which is a corruption of the French La toute-saine - meaning ‘all-heal’.
- Its people are overburdened by religious riot, ethnic strife, corruption and the absence of social infrastructure.
- He is the latest public figure to go on record about corruption in politics.