corruption

Noun
  1. Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery);
    Use of a position of trust for dishonest gain (synset 104861179)
    tells us about:
    is a type of: dishonesty - the quality of being dishonest
    subtypes:
    • infection - moral corruption or contamination
    • venality - prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward
    • jobbery - corruptness among public officials
    same as: corruptness
  2. In a state of progressive putrefaction (synset 114584694)
    is a type of: putrefaction, rot - a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
    same as: putrescence, putridness, rottenness
  3. Decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) (synset 113474813)
    is a type of: decay - the process of gradually becoming inferior
  4. Moral perversion;
    Impairment of virtue and moral principles (synset 104858227)
    "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"
    is a type of: immorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
    same as: degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
  5. Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty;
    Undermining moral integrity (synset 100273292)
    "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
    is a type of: debasement, degradation - changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
    same as: subversion
  6. Inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony) (synset 100160216)
    "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"
    is a type of: inducement, inducing - act of bringing about a desired result

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