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corruption n. [
corruptness] lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
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corruption n. [
putrescence, putridness, rottenness] in a state of progressive putrefaction
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corruption n. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
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corruption n. [
degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction] moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "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 putrefac
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corruption n. [
subversion] destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
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