| corruption [n] |
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| 1) | lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain |
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| Synonyms : | corruptness |
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| dishonesty incorruption corrupt incorrupt infection venality jobbery |
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| 2) | in a state of progressive putrefaction |
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| Synonyms : | putrescence putridness rottenness |
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| putrefaction |
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| 3) | decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) |
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| decay |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | degeneracy depravity |
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| immorality |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | subversion |
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| debasement corrupt |
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| 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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| inducement |
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