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corruption
[kuh-ruhp-shuhn]
noun
the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
Antonyms:moral perversion; depravity.
Synonyms: ,Antonyms:perversion of integrity.
Antonyms: ,corrupt or dishonest proceedings.
Antonyms:debasement or alteration, as of language or a text.
a debased form of a word.
putrefactive decay; rottenness.
Synonyms: , , , , ,any corrupting influence or agency.
Computers.the state of being compromised by errors in computer code or stored data, or an action that causes such errors.
The system crash was the result of previously undetected data corruption.
corruption
/ əˈʌʃə /
noun
the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt
moral perversion; depravity
dishonesty, esp bribery
putrefaction or decay
alteration, as of a manuscript
an altered form of a word
Other 51Թ Forms
- anticorruption noun
- overcorruption noun
- precorruption noun
- ǰˈܱپDzԾ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of corruption1
Example Sentences
The case involved corruption charges against three San Bernardino County officials and a developer who was a managing director of Rancho Cucamonga-based investor group Colonies Partners.
"There is no such thing as zero corruption," he said.
“The case against Park was related to corruption — it wasn’t a case of the president unconstitutionally infringing on people’s basic rights,” he said.
Mayor Adams has taken heat for aligning himself with President Trump as he was navigating his federal indictment on corruption charges that were ultimately dismissed after the Trump Department of Justice intervened.
The force's cyber team has now concluded the deletion was "most likely to be the action of an individual" but the loss "was not caused or contributed to by any systemic corruption within NUH".
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When To Use
Corruption most commonly refers to a state in which members of organizations or institutions are engaging in illegal or otherwise dishonest practices to benefit themselves.The term is most often used in the context of such rulebreaking by people who are powerful or who are responsible for the well-being of others, such as politicians, government officials, and police officers.Corruption is a noun form of corrupt, which can be an adjective used to describe people who act in this way (or their actions), or a verb meaning to destroy the integrity of someone or something or cause someone to be dishonest.More generally, corruption can refer to the act or process of someone or something becoming corrupt, depraved, or debased.More specifically, corruption can refer to the alteration of a word or text in a way that deviates from its original or intended form.Example: The investigation revealed a long history of corruption within the agency that extends to its highest ranks.
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