Corruption (Noun)
Meaning 1
In a state of progressive putrefaction.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 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".
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Meaning 3
Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The government's corruption was so rampant that it was almost impossible to get anything done without paying a bribe.
- The company's CEO was accused of corruption after it was discovered that he had been embezzling funds for years.
- The judge's corruption was exposed when it was revealed that he had accepted large sums of money from wealthy defendants in exchange for lenient sentences.
- The city's corruption was so entrenched that even the police department was involved in extortion and bribery schemes.
- The politician's corruption was evident in the way he used his position to secure lucrative contracts for his friends and family members.
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Meaning 4
Decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation).
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
Meaning 5
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".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.