What does corruption mean?
Definitions for corruption
kəˈrʌp ʃəncor·rup·tion
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word corruption.
Princeton's WordNet
corruptness, corruptionnoun
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruptionnoun
in a state of progressive putrefaction
corruptionnoun
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefactionnoun
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"
corruption, subversionnoun
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"
corruptionnoun
inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
"he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"
Wiktionary
corruptionnoun
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.
corruptionnoun
The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
corruptionnoun
The product of corruption; putrid matter.
corruptionnoun
The decomposition of biological matter.
corruptionnoun
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.
corruptionnoun
The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language.
corruptionnoun
A debased or nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, mishearing, etc.
corruptionnoun
Something that is evil but is supposed to be good.
The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to generation. uE000130107uE001 .
Etymology: From corruption, from corruptio
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Corruptionnoun
Etymology: corruptio, Lat.
Precepts of morality, besides the natural corruption of our tempers, which makes us averse to them, are so abstracted from ideas of sense, that they seldom get an opportunity for descriptions and images. Joseph Addison, Essay on the Georgicks.
Amidst corruption, luxury and rage,
Still leave some ancient virtue’s to our age. Alexander Pope.The wise contriver, on his end intent,
Careful this fatal errour to prevent,
And keep the waters from corruption free,
Mix’d them with salt, and season’d all the sea. Richard Blackmore.After my death I wish no other herald,
No other speaker of my living actions,
To keep mine honour from corruption,
But such an honest chronicler as Griffith. William Shakespeare, Hen. VIII.The region hath by conquest, and corruption of other languages, received new and differing names. Walter Raleigh, History.
All those four kinds of corruption are very common in their language; for which reasons the Greek tongue is become much altered. Edward Brerewood, on Languages.
Wikipedia
Corruption
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. Corruption may involve many activities which include bribery, influence peddling and the embezzlement and it may also involve practices which are legal in many countries. Political corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts with an official capacity for personal gain. Corruption is most common in kleptocracies, oligarchies, narco-states, and mafia states.Corruption and crime are endemic sociological occurrences which appear with regular frequency in virtually all countries on a global scale in varying degrees and proportions. Each individual nation allocates domestic resources for the control and regulation of corruption and the deterrence of crime. Strategies which are undertaken in order to counter corruption are often summarized under the umbrella term anti-corruption. Additionally, global initiatives like the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16 also have a targeted goal which is supposed to substantially reduce corruption in all of its forms.
ChatGPT
corruption
Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power or position for personal gain or advantage. This unethical behavior may involve a range of actions like bribery, fraud, nepotism, embezzlement, and graft. Corruption can occur in any sector, whether it be public, private, or non-profit, and is considered illegal and detrimental to the functioning of a society or organization.
Webster Dictionary
Corruptionnoun
the act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration
Corruptionnoun
the product of corruption; putrid matter
Corruptionnoun
the act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery
Corruptionnoun
the act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language
Wikidata
Corruption
Corruption or bastardisation are terms popularly used to refer to certain changes in language which originate from human error or alleged prescriptively incorrect usage. Descriptive linguistics typically avoids using these negative terms, since from a scientific point of view such changes are neither good nor bad. Words are commonly said to be "corrupted" or "bastardized" if they undergo a change in spelling or pronunciation when borrowed from one language to another. This example illustrates that normal phonological developments can be labeled by some as "corruption", a position which demands that any language change from a previous state be thus labeled. In this view, English would be a "corruption" of Proto-Germanic, the Romance languages would be "corruptions" of Latin, and Latin would ultimately be a "corruption" of Proto-Indo-European. Language corruption may refer to a change in words, as described above, or to a deviation from the so-called "purity" of standard language. For example, the split infinitive has long been disputed as either a corruption or norm of the English language, even though the concept of the English infinitive containing the preposition "to" is challenged by usage with modals which precludes employing to. A language can also come to be regarded as having become "corrupted" if it has acquired a large vocabulary from other languages. This terminology is highly frowned upon by most academic linguists, as the adoption of loan words is a normal process which has no effect on the functionality of the language. Labeling a language as "corrupted" is a subjective value judgement which often leads to linguistic discrimination.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'corruption' in Nouns Frequency: #2364
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corruption in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corruption in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of corruption in a Sentence
Corruption is so rampant, there’s not the same scrupulousness in Russia – it’s former Soviet Union, and it’s not even in the culture to check the expiration because no one would trust it anyways.
I hope Francis brings us some blessing, especially for our government, so that it put an end to corruption which takes its toll on the humble and the poor.
I think theres not much interest in addressing corruption in the region even though its clearly been shown to be a root cause of migration, particularly out of Honduras and Guatemala.
We say 'no' to corruption that is so widespread that it seems to be an attitude, normal behavior, but not in words, rather in deeds. We say 'no' to Mafia collusion, fraud, bribes, and the like.
Youve heard me say a lot of times, hes worried about corruption, ive released 21 years of my tax returns -- [have] him release some of his.
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- korrupsieAfrikaans
- فَسادArabic
- korrupsiyaAzerbaijani
- карупцыяBelarusian
- корупцияBulgarian
- corrupcióCatalan, Valencian
- korupceCzech
- korruptionDanish
- KorruptionGerman
- διαφθοράGreek
- koruptoEsperanto
- corrupciónSpanish
- korruptsioonEstonian
- فسادPersian
- korruptioFinnish
- corruptionFrench
- éillitheachtIrish
- coirbeachd, truaillidheachdScottish Gaelic
- corrupciónGalician
- milley, neughlennid, cleayney, creck-briwnys, ingyr, trulleeysManx
- भ्रष्टाचारHindi
- korrupcióHungarian
- կոռուպցիաArmenian
- korupsiIndonesian
- korupto, koruptajoIdo
- spillingIcelandic
- corruzioneItalian
- 腐敗, 汚職, 堕落Japanese
- კორუფციაGeorgian
- жемқорлықKazakh
- អំពើពុករលួយKhmer
- 腐敗, 부패Korean
- коррупцияKyrgyz
- corruptioLatin
- ການສໍ້ລາດບັງຫຼວງLao
- korupcijaLithuanian
- korupcijaLatvian
- корупцијаMacedonian
- അഴിമതിMalayalam
- ялзрал, завхралMongolian
- भ्रष्टाचारMarathi
- korupsiMalay
- korruzzjoniMaltese
- ခြစားမှုBurmese
- corruptieDutch
- korrupsjonNorwegian
- korupcjaPolish
- corrupçãoPortuguese
- corupțieRomanian
- коррупцияRussian
- korupcija, корупцијаSerbo-Croatian
- korupciaSlovak
- korupcijaSlovene
- korrupsioniAlbanian
- korruptionSwedish
- ஊழல்Tamil
- фасодTajik
- การทุจริตThai
- bidüzgünçilikTurkmen
- yolsuzluk, usulsuzlükTurkish
- корупціяUkrainian
- بدعنوانیUrdu
- poraxo'rlik, buzuqilikUzbek
- hối lộVietnamese
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