corruption
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4.6
- noun
- /kəˈrʌpʃən/
:
corrupción moral
- It was full of corruption and vile behavior.
- moral corruption
It is, it is corruption of the mission.
- It is, it is corruption of the mission.
- Or it, it's very easy to, to, to slip into corruption, very easy.
- Now that represents, in my view, moral corruption.
- Glory left unchecked in the warrior experience turns to corruption.
- Partly, as the the medieval theologians used to say, the the corruption of the best becomes the worst.
- This is why Aristotle, you know, in politics book one says that the corruption of the best is actually the worst, right?
Examples
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The novel explores the theme of personal corruption and how it affects relationships.
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In all three surveys used for this study, views about corruption are very much linked to evaluations of presidential performance.
Academic text (1995) -
I have the same ideal, but I also know more about the corruption of money.
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There was less corruption here then, but that fact did not work to his benefit.
Fiction book (1993) -
With all its corruption, Rome gave us peace.
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I always tended to think that maybe there was more corruption in other nations than in our own.
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But fighting corruption is good for Mongolia.
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Social dysfunction quickly followed with a dramatic rise in poverty, corruption and capital flight.
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You're leading these people into darkness and corruption.
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Your own life on earth is a mixture of good and bad, holiness and corruption, light and darkness.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
117
3.7
Bad actions that break the law or moral rules
46
3.2
Actions like lying, cheating, or stealing
25
8.8
A state of very bad moral behavior
4
7.7
A slow spread of bad behaviour or ways of thinking among people
4
8.0
To try to make someone less honest or loyal
3
9.9
To accept bribes and use power for personal gain
2
9.3
A fall in moral and social standards showing corruption
2
7.1
A complete lack of care about right and wrong in actions
1
5.3
A state of being morally bad because of wrong actions
1
8.1
Being dishonest and unfair in a way that harms others
1
9.7
A state of being morally bad, shown by lying, stealing, or hurting others
1
6.2
A habit of being dishonest and breaking rules to get money or power
1
9.9
A state in which people or a society stop caring about right and wrong and behave badly
A habit of ignoring right and wrong and being dishonest to get what you want
Actions that cheat people to get their money
Antonyms
Compounds
How Corrupt
Surface Forms
Morphology
corruption = corrupt (transparent) = corrupt + ion
Standard nominalization of the verb 'corrupt' indicating the action or state of being corrupt.
Etymology
Corruption comes from the Latin word corrumpere meaning 'to spoil' or 'to break', and it shares the same part you see in the English word rupture. So picture something good being 'broken' or 'spoiled' to remember why corruption can mean a loss of moral goodness.