corruption




corruption - noun

  • lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
  • in a state of progressive putrefaction
  • decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
  • moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  • destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
  • inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
  • corruption - thesaurus

    corruptness   degeneracy   depravation   depravity   putrefaction   putrescence   putridness   rottenness   subversion