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corruption

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If anyone thinks that this sounds farfetched, it really just scratches the surface of the waste and corruption in Detroit.

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Quick take

lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of corruption gathered in one view.

noun

lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

noun

in a state of progressive putrefaction

noun

decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for corruption.

noun

lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

See also: corruptness

noun

decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

noun

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"

See also: degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction

noun

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"

See also: subversion

noun

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"

Example sentences

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If anyone thinks that this sounds farfetched, it really just scratches the surface of the waste and corruption in Detroit.

2

The stuff Wikileaks exposed about the US is nothing more than fraud, dishonesty, and corruption.

3

This is where invalidOrTaken's point about corruption comes in.

4

Turkey on the other hand is rampant with corruption, especially the current government.

5

And if you had no idea about the slavery and corruption and you are downvoting this you are only proving how mentally you are exactly like them.

6

In US there is this revolving door between corporations and the govt that legitimizes corruption, whereas in India it is closer to cash under the table.

7

I have a very hard time believing UN reports because of politics, corruption, and self-preservation interests of bureaucracy.

8

In situations where accusations of widespread corruption, misconduct, unethical action, etc are made, a phrase that is often trotted out in defense of the accused is "just a few bad apples".

9

The fundamentalist missionaries infected them with the peculiar sort of madness, entitlement, laziness and corruption that comes with that belief system.

10

It clearly had severe problems with corruption and inefficiencies, which were brutally exposed when the global financial crisis hit. Everyone suffered, but because of the problems in the fundamentals of the economy, Greece suffered disproportionately more.

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Especially considering that internal anti-corruption mechanisms clearly aren't working and so many jurisdictions are hopelessly corrupt.

12

Very popular C library code for modern web platforms has been found susceptible to basic memory corruption issues, because the kinds of people that look for memory corruption bugs don't usually think to troll Github for Ruby, Python, and PHP code with native backend code; terrible bugs can thus stay latent for years in code you can point a URL to and read.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use corruption in a sentence?

If anyone thinks that this sounds farfetched, it really just scratches the surface of the waste and corruption in Detroit.

What does corruption mean?

lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

What part of speech is corruption?

corruption is commonly used as noun.