corruption

5 definitions • 8 examples

illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in positions of power:

expose corruption The film is about a young police officer and his struggle to expose corruption in the force.

Political corruption is widespread throughout the country.

in language, a word whose original form has been changed:

The swear word "bloody" is wrongly thought by some to be a corruption of the words "by our Lady".

the fact of information on a computer being changed so that it is wrong and cannot be used:

data corruption

dishonest or illegal behaviour involving a person in a position of power, for example, accepting money for doing something illegal or immoral:

He was a member of the team looking into allegations of corruption in the local government building-works department.

Aragon pleaded not guilty to all corruption charges.

In some of these markets corruption is rife.

the fact of information on a computer being damaged in some way and not able to be used:

data corruption