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nounin a state of progressive putrefaction
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nounlack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
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"corruption of a minor"noundestroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
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"the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"nounmoral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
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"he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"nouninducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)type of:
Definition that contains corruption
- infection moral corruption or contamination
- sodom any location known for vice and corruption
- antiseptic freeing from error or corruption
- huss Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
- praetorian characteristic of or similar to the corruptible soldiers in the Praetorian Guard with respect to corruption or political venality
- hus Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
- tammany a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
- filthiness moral corruption or pollution
- incorrupt free of corruption or immorality
- get at influence by corruption