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Meanings of corruption in inglés
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.
Synonyms
Examples for "depravity"
Examples for "depravity"
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Inevitably, it provokes envy in the poor and depravity in the rich.
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If so, he had not realised it; the depravity had been unconscious.
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Has this country really sunk to such levels of depravity and viciousness?
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And yet his crime was committed more in thoughtlessness than deliberate depravity.
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Rarely do they risk matching the depravity to which they are responding.
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The universal moral degeneracy of mankind; the age of crime and violence.
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Nothing worse in Central America; nothing worse where civilized degeneracy disgraces savagery.
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Conditions for sequencing with oligonucleotides having up to 64-fold degeneracy are described.
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Sometimes the evil was imputed to the degeneracy of the national character.
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The moral degeneracy of the races of southern Europe is well known.
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Alkaloids of putrefaction are constantly produced in every animal and human body.
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This indeed is apparent to the senses in animals generated from putrefaction.
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He went on, beginning to be conscious of the odor of putrefaction.
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They exhibited most of all the corruption and putrefaction of German affairs.
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Liquid putrefaction in the airways. Larabee sounded as frustrated as I felt.
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This plenty indeed produces cheapness, but cheapness always ends in negligence and depravation.
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The incident will illustrate the greed of the priesthood and the depravation of sacrifice.
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So strange a depravation of manners proceeded from these causes.
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Human nature, with all its infirmities and depravation, is still capable of great things.
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Nevertheless, what followed on Sumner's speech is terribly significant of the depravation of Southern honour.
Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain.
Usage of corruption in inglés
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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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