corruption
1. [ noun ] lack of integrity or honesty; esp susceptibility to bribery; use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
Synonyms: corruptness
Related terms: incorruptness dishonesty venality infection jobbery corrupt incorrupt incorrupt
2. [ noun ] moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
Synonyms: depravity degeneracy
Examples:

: "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes" "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration" "its brothels its opium parlors its depravity"

Related terms: immorality
3. [ noun ] decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
Related terms: decay
4. [ noun ] in a state of progressive putrefaction
Synonyms: putridness rottenness putrescence
Related terms: rot
5. [ noun ] inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
Examples:

"he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"

Related terms: inducement
6. [ noun ] destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
Synonyms: subversion
Examples:

"corruption of a minor" "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"

Related terms: degradation corrupt
Similar spelling:   corrupt
  corrupting
  corruptive
  corruptness
  corruptible
  corruptly
  corrupted
  corruptedly