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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•rup•tion /kəˈrʌpʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- an act or instance of corrupting:a police department free of corruption.
forcing young people to behave immorally:charged with corruption of a minor.decay:the corruption of the body after death. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•rup•tion (kə rup′shən),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Linguisticsa debased form of a word.
- putrefactive decay;
rottenness. - any corrupting influence or agency.
- Latin corruptiōn-, stem of corruptiō. See corrupt, -ion
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English corrupcio(u)n (1300–50
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dissolution, immorality.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rot, putrefaction, putrescence, foulness, pollution, contamination.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged –3. purity.
- 3, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged honesty.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: corruption /kəˈrʌpʃən/ n - the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt
- moral perversion; depravity
- dishonesty, esp bribery
- putrefaction or decay
- alteration, as of a manuscript
- an altered form of a word
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