corruption Definition
cor·rup·tion (kə rup′s̸hən)
noun
- the act or fact of making, becoming, or being corrupt
- evil or wicked behavior; depravity
- bribery or similar dishonest dealings
- decay; putridity; rottenness
- something corrupted, as an improperly altered word or text
- Rare a corrupting influence
Etymology: ME corrupcion < OFr corruption < L corruptio < corruptus, corrupt
corruption Synonyms
corruption
n.
Vice
baseness, depravity, degradation; see crime 1, evil 1.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.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.
Browse dictionary entries near corruption
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