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Meanings of corruption in English
Form of dishonesty or criminal offense undertaken by a person or organization entrusted with a position of authority, to acquire illicit benefit or abuse power for one's private gain.
See moreMoral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles.
Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain.
Synonyms
Examples for "rottenness"
Examples for "rottenness"
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Only the rottenness in him hasn't broke out because of the weed.
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Society is the builder of fourflushers, the generator of insincerity-falsehoodand rottenness.
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Here nothing lived, not even the leprous growths that feed on rottenness.
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Perhaps-whoknows-itmay take the taste of rottenness out of my mouth.
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But to Gordon's trained eyes, there was plenty of outright rottenness, too.
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What the larva of antiquity ate was live flesh and not putrescence.
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Dissolution and putrescence are alike common and unclean... in State or organism.
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So strong that food and water tasted like faintly chlorinated putrescence.
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The smell of putrescence, the fell mage's last spell, was overwhelming.
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This smell was like that, like the smell of tomatoes decaying into putrescence.
Usage of corruption in English
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Others warn that without decisive action, the corruption cases may simply increase.
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The authorities have denied allegations of government corruption and abuse of power.
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Another was linked to a corruption case last year involving imported beef.
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In my opinion, this is the main form of corruption, Karzai said.
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But the reality remains that corruption is a monumental problem in Nigeria.
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The case touched off a debate on corruption among Israel's ruling class.
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Public discontent is growing over official corruption, rampant poverty and power cuts.
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Chawla's bail conditions relate to the ongoing Estina dairy farm corruption case.
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Thailand's military says it seized power to end political turmoil and corruption.
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Ten years later police questioned him in a probe about political corruption.
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The DoJ said prosecutions of Rolls-Royce employees involved in corruption remained possible.
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Obama administration officials want Karzai to sign onto measures to combat corruption.
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Many believe greater transparency and accountability are needed to root out corruption.
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Key issues to watch: -Latest estimates of level of Thai corruption.
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The citizen will wonder: why should corruption be confined to local government?
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South Africa has faced a series of corruption scandals in recent years.
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Translations for corruption
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Corruption through the time
Corruption across language varieties
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Less common
Ireland
Less common
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