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Definition of CORRUPTION
Pronunciation : CORRUPTION

noun : CORRUPTION

Source:WordNet 3.1

  • 1. (

    ) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain ;

  • 3. (

    ) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) ;

  • 4. (

    ) 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" ;

  • 5. (

    ) 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" ;

  • 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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