corruption
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
corruptions
plural
corruptions
Britannica Dictionary definition of CORRUPTION
1
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dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers)
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There are rumors of widespread corruption in the city government.
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the act of corrupting someone or something
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the mafia's corruption of public officials
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corruption of the English language
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computer software that is supposed to prevent the corruption of files
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database corruption
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the corruption of a text
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3
[count]
:
something that has been changed from its original form
— usually singular
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The phrase “an apron” is a corruption of the original English phrase “a napron.”
