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corruption Definition

cor·rup·tion (kə rup′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act or fact of making, becoming, or being corrupt
  2. evil or wicked behavior; depravity
  3. bribery or similar dishonest dealings
  4. decay; putridity; rottenness
  5. something corrupted, as an improperly altered word or text
  6. Rare a corrupting influence

Etymology: ME corrupcion < OFr corruption < L corruptio < corruptus, corrupt

corruption Synonyms

corruption

n.

  1. Vice

    baseness, depravity, degradation; see crime 1, evil 1.

  2. Conduct involving graft

    extortion, bribery, fraud, fraudulence, venality, misrepresentation, dishonesty, profiteering, nepotism, breach of trust, malfeasance, exploitation, crookedness, shady deal, jobbery, shuffle, racket; see also crime 2.

  3. Decay

    rot, rottenness, debasement; see decay 2, pollution.

    Antonyms reliability, trustworthiness, truthfulness.

corruption Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • innocence: It's a twisted tale of strange desires, perverse pleasures and the ultimate corruption of innocence as told by the marquis de sade.
  • Christianity: He expressed his views quite forcibly, and, in 1785, his History of the Corruptions of Christianity was publicly burned.

Converse of object

  • expose: At the time of his death Brian was working on exposing corruption in a number of high profile cases.
  • combat: The effort to combat corruption involves action on several fronts.
  • tackle: Northern donors themselves, however, refuse to change their own policies, or to make tackling corruption a priority.
  • deter: It will be more able to do this if it shows strong leadership on combating and deterring corruption in projects it supports.
  • allege: He blames former ministers and groups within his own ruling party, alleging corruption and criminality.
  • curb: We applaud Ukraine's commitment to curb corruption, promote the rule of law and improve the business climate.

Adjective modifier

  • rampant: Running under the name " Change and Reform " , Hamas highlighted the rampant corruption of the PA and promised a clean-up.
  • endemic: Plenty of the right-wing pundits who've bemoaned the " endemic corruption " in Africa have remained utterly silent on this.
  • textual: Neither of the two has anything to do with the charge of textual corruption of the Holy Bible.
  • widespread: Even the tame tribunals which have been established have exposed widespread systematic corruption.
  • blatant: These party-political shenanigans arguably contribute as much to Italy's ongoing political farce as the blatant corruption at the top.
  • petty: The bureaucracy may have been inefficient, but stories of either high-level or petty corruption were rare.

Modifies a noun

  • scandal: Several of the recent corruption scandals that have emerged in relation to projects for which the ECGD gave support have involved joint ventures.
  • allegation: The Major Fraud team undertakes investigations into serious and complex fraud cases, corruption in public life, overseas and other corruption allegations.
  • charge: In 2004, Rowland pleaded guilty to corruption charges.

Noun used with modifier

  • data: Do your personnel have to wait to access your systems Do you suffer from data corruption?
  • police: The guilty verdict was upheld by the Court Of Appeal, despite claims of police corruption.
  • disk: Then try printing again. that should eliminate disk corruption and software clashes as the potential source of your problem.