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corruption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | putrescence, putridness, rottenness |
| Type of | putrefaction, rot |
corruption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | corruptness |
| Type of | dishonesty |
| Has types | infection, venality, jobbery |
corruption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | subversion |
| Type of | degradation, debasement |
| Derivation | corrupt |
corruption of a minor.
corruption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction |
| Type of | immorality |
the luxury and corruption among the upper classes.
corruption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | decay |
corruption::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | inducement, inducing |
he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering.
Examples of corruption
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Widespread official corruption and land grabbing only exacerbates the animosity.
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Corruption is virtually a cottage industry in its dense array of smaller cities.
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Allen Andreas took the reins amid an agriculture slump and a corruption scandal.
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Rizzo and seven other former and current Bell officials face corruption charges.
From the latimes.com
Poor record-keeping and noncompetitive bidding practices also invite corruption.
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Corruption, stale ideas and incompetence are characteristics both parties share.
From the dailyherald.com
Unchecked corruption is an indication of deep-seated pessimism about the future.
From the time.com
The long-term implications of institutional corruption, she warns, are manifold.
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Use grey-market end-user resources to evaluate potential anti-corruption issues.
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- Corruptness: lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
- Putrescence: in a state of progressive putrefaction
- Decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- Corruption is a 1933 American film directed by Charles E. Roberts.
- Corruption is a 1968 British film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis, from a screenplay by Derek Ford and Donald Ford, and featuring Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen, Kate O'Mara, David Lodge, Wendy Varnals, Billy Murray, and Vanessa Howard.
- Corruption or bastardisation is a way of referring to certain changes in a language and their prescriptive evaluation. The most common way that a word can be said to be corrupted is the change of its spelling through errors and gradual changes in comprehension, transcription, and hearing. ...
