corruption, n.
(corruptions)
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(corruptions)
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lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
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corruption corruptness
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corruption corruptness
inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
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corruption
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corruption
sample sentences
"he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"
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destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
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corruption subversion
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corruption subversion
sample sentences
"corruption of a minor""the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
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moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
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corruption degeneracy depravation depravity putrefaction
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corruption degeneracy depravation depravity putrefaction
sample sentences
"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"
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