corruption

noun

1. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)

e.g. he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering

2. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty
undermining moral integrity

e.g. corruption of a minor
the big city's subversion of rural innocence

Synonym: subversion

3. moral perversion
impairment of virtue and moral principles

e.g. the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction

Synonym: degeneracydepravationdepravityputrefaction

4. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)
use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

Synonym: corruptness

5. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

6. in a state of progressive putrefaction

Synonym: putrescenceputridnessrottenness

1. 腐败;贪污;受贿
Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.

e.g. The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion...
总统面临54项腐败和逃税的指控。
e.g. Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.
低效和腐败行为阻碍了食品在全国的分发。

2. (单词的)变体
In linguistics, a corruption is a word that is derived from an earlier word, but which has become changed in some way.

e.g. 'Morris' is an English corruption of 'Moorish', meaning North African.
Morris 在英语中是 Moorish 的变体，意思是“北非的”。

1. corruption的近义词

1. 贪污：访谈动机 贪污(corruption)是一项历史久远、全球普及的社会病态行为,亦是舆论及社会各界长期关注和讨论的重要议题. 但在对贪污...