Corruption

noun

kə'rəpʃən

Noun

destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
“corruption of a minor”
Similar:Subversion
Type of:DegradationDebasement
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
“the luxury and corruption among the upper classes”
Similar:DegeneracyDepravationDepravityPutrefaction
Type of:Immorality
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”
Type of:InducementInducing
in a state of progressive putrefaction
Similar:PutrescencePutridnessRottenness
Type of:PutrefactionRot
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
Similar:Corruptness
Type of:Dishonesty
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
Type of:Decay