corruption
/kəˈɹʌpʃən/
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; Unethical administrative or executive practices, including bribery, conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on
- plural
- corruptions
Meanings
- 1
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity
We are sick and tired of political corruption.
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Police corruption is a serious problem in this country.
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- 2
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on
- 3
The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deteriorationrare
- 4
The product of corruption; putrid matterrare
- 5
The decomposition of biological matterrare
- 6
The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission mediarare
- 7
The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correctrare
- 8
A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing — See a usage note about this sense.rare
- 9
Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversionrare