corruption corruption /kɝˈʌpʃən/

noun

1. () Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain  ( corruptness , corruption )
   lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
   
2. Inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)  ( corruption )
   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
   he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering
   
3. Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity  ( corruption , subversion )
   destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
    Corruption of a minor
   corruption of a minor
    The big city's subversion of rural innocence
   the big city's subversion of rural innocence
   
4. Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles  ( corruption , degeneracy , depravation , depravity , putrefaction )
   moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
    The luxury and corruption among the upper classes
   the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
    Moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
   moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
    Its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
   its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
    Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
   Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
   
5. Decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)  ( corruption )
   decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
   
6. In a state of progressive putrefaction  ( corruption , putrescence , putridness , rottenness )
   in a state of progressive putrefaction