Corruption Case
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CORRUPTION? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WELL, IT MEANS
Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
The action of making someone or something morally depraved or the state of being so.
SOURCE/; FROM GOOGLE.
orruption [kəˈrʌpʃən]
n
1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt
2. moral perversion; depravity
3. dishonesty, esp bribery
4. putrefaction or decay
5. (Linguistics) alteration, as of a manuscript
6. (Linguistics) an altered form of a word
corruptionist n
source: freedictionary.com
Noun 1. corruption - lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
corruptness
infection - moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
venality - prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward
dishonesty - the quality of being dishonest
jobbery - corruptness among public officials
2. corruption - in a state of progressive putrefaction
putrescence, putridness, rottenness
putrefaction, rot - a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
3. corruption - decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
decay - the process of gradually becoming inferior
4. corruption - 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"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
depravation, depravity, degeneracy, putrefaction
immorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"
5. corruption - 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"
subversion
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