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corruption

/kɚˈʌpʃən/

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What does corruption mean?

noun

  1. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
  2. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
  3. The product of corruption; putrid matter.
More meanings (6)

noun

  1. The decomposition of biological matter.
  2. Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.
  3. The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
  4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
  5. A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing. (See a usage note about this sense.)
  6. Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.

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IPA pronunciation

/kɚˈʌpʃən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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One of the weak sides of republics, among their numerous advantages, is that they afford too easy an inlet to foreign corruption.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
Disruptions from the bitter war with Iraq, massive corruption, mismanagement, demographic pressures, and ideological rigidities have kept economic growth at depressed levels.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1991 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #25
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We did train him on, And, his corruption being ta’en from us, We as the spring of all shall pay for all.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
He was all the more firmly set on this severity, since M. sur M., being a garrison town, opportunities for corruption abounded.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
A distinction must be made, when the aristocratic and the democratic principles mutually inveigh against each other, as tending to facilitate corruption.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815