corruption
corruption Lexical Profile
corruption Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery, extortion, or the abuse of public office for private gain.
"The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the municipal contracting department."
The process or state of moral decay, spiritual debasement, or perversion from a state of purity and virtue.
"Philosophers of the era often warned that excessive wealth could lead to the corruption of civic virtue."
The process by which a word, text, or computer data is altered, damaged, or introduced with errors from its original or intact state.
"A sudden power outage during the file transfer caused severe data corruption on the hard drive."
Physical decay, decomposition, or putrefaction of organic matter.
"In archaic medical treatises, the term was frequently used to describe the physical corruption of tissue."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English via Old French from the Latin noun 'corruptio', derived from 'corrumpere' ('to mar, bribe, or destroy'), which combines the intensive prefix 'com-' ('altogether') with 'rumpere' ('to break').