1) Acorn Archimedes game 2) Bribery 3) Buying-off 4) Commodore 64 game 5) Concept in ethics 6) Corporate law 7) Corruptness 8) Debauchery 9) Decay of matter 10) Depravity 11) Dishonesty 12) Dissipation 13) Dissolution 14) DOS game 15) Enticement 16) Excess 17) Inducement 18) Lack of integrity or honesty
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1) Debasement 2) Deceit 3) Decomposition 4) Depravity 5) Dirt 6) Evil 7) Graft 8) Immorality 9) Infection 10) Jobbery 11) Putrescence 12) Putridness 13) Rot 14) Rottenness 15) Ruining 16) Sleaze 17) Subversion 18) Venality 19) Wickedness
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In philosophical, theological, or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government, or `political`, corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain. Th.....
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[linguistics] Corruption or bastardisation refer to the popularly held, but unscientific, idea that language change constitutes a degradation in the quality of a language, especially when the change originates historically from human error or prescriptively discouraged usage. Descriptive linguistics typically does not support this concept, ...
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An old term for an infection. Infection occurs when disease-causing microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, or fungi) establis a colony in the body. They begin to reproduce and damage the other cells of the body either directly or indirectly through the toxins released from the microorganisms. Their presence usually elicits an immune response from the b...
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• (n.) The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. • (n.) The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness;...
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Dishonest or partial behavior on the part of a government official or employee, such as a customs or procurement officer. Also actions by others intended to induce such behavior, such as bribery or blackmail.
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[Noun] Dishonest or illegal behaviour, usually by someone in a position of power.
Example: The president was accused of corruption in his dealings with oil companies.
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(from the article `Austria`) ...controversial €2 billion (about $2.77 billion) contract for the purchase of 18 Eurofighter military jets. After months of debate and a truncated ... Backed by the military, the new caretaker government, under Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, launched a purge to free the country from corruption. The .....
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Lack of honesty or integrity. Illegal behaviour, such as bribery, by people in positions of authority, e.g. politicians
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Infection
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Cor·rup'tion noun [ French
corruption , Latin
corruptio .]
1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. « The inducing and accelerating of putref...
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Picture and/or sound faults, often due to a weak signal or damaged LNB or cable.
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An act done with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others. It includes bribery, but is more comprehensive; because an act may be corruptly done, though the advantage to be derived from it be not offered by another.
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infection
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n] - decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) 2. [n] - moral perversion 3. [n] - destroying someone`s (or some group`s) honesty or loyalty
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corruption 1. The act or process of corrupting. 2. The state of being corrupt. 3. Decay; rot. 4. Etymologically the word 'corruption' comes from the Latin verb corruptus 'to break'; past participle of corrumpere 'to destroy' [com-, 'together with', intensive prefix + rumpere, 'to break']. Conceptually, corruption is a form of behavior, which dep...
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depravity noun 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 i...
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subversion noun 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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the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt. · moral perversion; depravity. · perversion of integrity. · corrupt or dishonest proceedings. · bribery. · debasement or alteration, as of language or a text. · a debased form of a word. · putrefactive decay; rottenness. · any corrupting influence or agency.
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use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
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use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
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[Novel words] moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
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use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
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