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corruption
  1. 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.
  2. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
  3. The product of corruption; putrid matter.
  4. The decomposition of biological matter.
  5. The seeking of bribes.
  6. (computing) 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.
  7. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct
  8. (linguistics) A debased or nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, mishearing, etc.
  9. Something that is evil but is supposed to be good.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “These criminals live big off the bribery, corruption, and inefficiency of the department.”
      “He sinned, and this corruption is conveyed to all his posterity.”
      “Leaving beef out in the open may lead to the eventual corruption of the meat.”
corruptible
  1. (archaic) That which may decay and perish; the human body.
corrupter
  1. Agent noun of corrupt; one who corrupts.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Absolute power is a seductively powerful corrupter of even the noblest civil servants.”
      “And, that great corrupter, the fear that if you don't laugh you will be seen as a prig and a killjoy.”
      “Happily they found not that pernicious bane which is alike the corrupter of private morals and the debaucher of nations.”
corruptibleness
  1. The state or quality of being corruptible.
corruptionist
  1. One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It is a fit organ for the millionaire corruptionist and the civilization that he is degrading.”
      “He might be a Father to Confederation, but like all Reformers, he was intent on destroying the offspring, was a hot-headed revolutionary, a brawler and corruptionist.”
      “The political jobber or corruptionist is almost always an optimist.”
corruptress
  1. (rare) a female corrupter
corruptibility
  1. The state of being corruptible
  2. Examples:
    1. “What protection did they provide for the country against the corruptibility of members of Congress?”
      “These can be counteracted through astroturfing and other kinds of guerilla marketing, and human corruptibility, error, and laziness, respectively.”
      “But he did not do himself any favors with his cabinet choices, many of whom had mediocre records that indicated corruptibility.”
corruptor
  1. Alternative form of corrupter
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They tend to show that Plato did not seek to depict Protagoras as a corruptor of the public mind.”
      “He takes commendable interest in the training of youth, and has indicted me as a corruptor of youth.”
      “Because there's nothing really more unhealthy for the nation's self-perception than to name the biggest corruptor, despot, human rights abuser of recent times as the nation's hero.”
corruptedness
  1. The state of being corrupted.
corruptioneer
  1. (uncommon, colloquial) One involved in corruption.
corruptness
  1. The state of being corrupt.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This appears to be the moment to finally establish in everyone's mind the deep fraudulence and corruptness of his various enterprises.”
      “I hate all death represents, our fallenness, weakness, sinfulness, corruptness etc.”
      “We are so inured to the laxness and corruptness, that we defend the bullies and liars.”
corruptionists
  1. plural of corruptionist
  2. Examples:
    1. “Economic growth must be used for better living conditions, for a socially balanced society, not for any mafia and corruptionists.”
      “Together these investigations and convictions are effectively countering the long tradition of impunity enjoyed by corruptionists.”
      “The country's image and reputation has been blemished by certain persons at the top who are seen as criminals, fraudsters and corruptionists.”
corruptioneers
  1. plural of corruptioneer
corruptibles
  1. plural of corruptible
  2. Examples:
    1. “They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.”
corruptresses
  1. plural of corruptress
corruptions
  1. plural of corruption
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The names for this plant in Trinidad and Dominica are corruptions of the French name for the Jerusalem artichoke.”
      “They have to contend with the powers of darkness and the corruptions of nature.”
      “Small hiccups in network transport can cause file corruptions.”
corruptors
  1. plural of corruptor
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I suggest that those in the government in charge of catching corruptors consult a cardiac expert before it's too late.”
      “Moreover, it must fight against and discourage corruptors and corruptibles.”
      “I have also argued that typically corruptors are morally responsible for performing their corrupt actions.”
corrupters
  1. plural of corrupter
  2. Examples:
    1. “The protesters also urged the government to arrest big-time corrupters, whom they blamed for partly contributing to the fuel price hikes.”
      “Prosecuting big-time corrupters has proven to be a formidable task even after four years under the reform movement.”
      “In our age, the men who shake the planet for their own power and greed are called corrupters.”
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