corruption (kəˈrʌpʃən
)
Definitions
noun
- the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt
- moral perversion; depravity
- dishonesty, esp bribery
- putrefaction or decay
- alteration, as of a manuscript
- an altered form of a word
Alternative Forms
corˈruptionist nounSynonyms
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dishonesty,
fraud,
bribing,
fiddling,
graft,
bribery,
extortion,
profiteering,
breach of trust,
demoralization,
venality,
shady dealings
crookedness,
jobbery,
unscrupulousness,
shadiness,
fraudulency,
Quotations
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"
"All rising to great place is by a winding stair"
"One rotten apple spoils the barrel"
Translations
- British English:
corruption
Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of power.The President was charged with corruption.kəˈrʌpʃən NOUN The President was charged with corruption.
- Spanish:
corrupción
nf
- French:
corruption
nf
- German:
Korruption
nf
- Chinese: 腐败 n
- Arabic: فَسَاد n
- Portuguese: corrupção nf
- Russian: разложение nnt
- Croatian: korupcija nf
- Czech: korupce nf
- Danish: korruption nutr
- Dutch: corruptie nf
- Finnish: korruptio n
- Greek: διαφθορά nf
- Italian: corruzione nf
- Japanese: 腐敗行為 n
- Korean: 타락 n
- Norwegian: korrupsjon nm
- Polish: korupcja nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: corrupção nf
- European Spanish:
corrupción
nf
- Swedish: korruption nutr
- Thai: การทุจริต n
- Turkish: yozlaşma n
- Vietnamese: sự tham nhũng n
Usage examples
She had repeated her vague statements about local government corruption.
, A Trout in the Milk (1986)Compared with almost everywhere else in the world, there was hardly any corruption.
Country Life (2004)Mr Redmond (76), from Castleknock, is awaiting trial on corruption charges.
Irish Times (2002)Tsvangirai is promising to revive the economy and end corruption.
Glasgow Herald (2002)Still to be unravelled, however, was the creeping undergrowth of corruption that had entwined itself around the body politic.
, A VERY ENGLISH DECEIT: The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble and the First Great Financial Scandal (2002)