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If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not fail simply due to external threats but because of internal weakness, corruption, or a failure to manifest the values and ideals they espouse.
Cory Booker

Meaning of "corruption" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CORRUPTION

corruption  [kəˈrʌpʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORRUPTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Corruption is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CORRUPTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

corruption

Corruption

In philosophical, theological, or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government, or 'political', corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain. The word corrupt when used as an adjective literally means "utterly broken". The word was first used by Aristotle and later by Cicero who added the terms bribe and abandonment of good habits. Morris, a professor of politics, corruption is the illegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest. Economist I. Senior defines corruption as an action to secretly provide a good or a service to a third party so that he or she can influence certain actions which benefit the corrupt, a third party, or both in which the corrupt agent has authority.

Definition of corruption in the English dictionary

The first definition of corruption in the dictionary is the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt. Other definition of corruption is moral perversion; depravity. Corruption is also dishonesty, esp bribery.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORRUPTION


abruption
əˈbrʌpʃən
absorption
əbˈsɔːpʃən
anticorruption
ˌæntɪkəˈrʌpʃən
assumption
əˈsʌmpʃən
caption
ˈkæpʃən
conception
kənˈsɛpʃən
consumption
kənˈsʌmpʃən
description
dɪˈskrɪpʃən
Egyptian
ɪˈdʒɪpʃən
exception
ɪkˈsɛpʃən
incorruption
ˌɪnkəˈrʌpʃən
inscription
ɪnˈskrɪpʃən
interruption
ˌɪntəˈrʌpʃən
irruption
ɪˈrʌpʃən
option
ˈɒpʃən
perception
pəˈsɛpʃən
prescription
prɪˈskrɪpʃən
reception
rɪˈsɛpʃən
redemption
rɪˈdɛmpʃən
subscription
səbˈskrɪpʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORRUPTION

corrugate
corrugated
corrugated cardboard
corrugated iron
corrugated paper
corrugation
corrugator
corrupt
corrupter
corruptibility
corruptible
corruptibleness
corruptibly
corruption of minors
corruptionist
corruptive
corruptively
corruptly
corruptness
corruptor

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORRUPTION

accreditation
adaption
adoption
adsorption
alcohol consumption
contraception
deception
disruption
encryption
energy consumption
eruption
exemption
inception
interception
job description
misconception
presumption
recaption
resumption
tax exemption
wedding reception

Synonyms and antonyms of corruption in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CORRUPTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «corruption» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of corruption

Translation of «corruption» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORRUPTION

Find out the translation of corruption to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of corruption from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «corruption» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

腐败
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corrupción
570 millions of speakers

English

corruption
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भ्रष्टाचार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فَسَاد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коррупция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corrupção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্নীতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corruption
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rasuah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Korruption
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腐敗行為
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타락
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Korupsi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự tham nhũng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊழல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भ्रष्टाचार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bozulma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corruzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

korupcja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

корупція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corupție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαφθορά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

korrupsie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

korruption
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

korrupsjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of corruption

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORRUPTION»

The term «corruption» is very widely used and occupies the 10.506 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORRUPTION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about corruption

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10 QUOTES WITH «CORRUPTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word corruption.
1
Aravind Adiga
Like most people who live in India, I complain about corruption, but know that I can live with corrupt men. It is the honest ones I secretly worry about.
2
Jon Anderson
There's so much corruption in America; there's so much corruption around the world. It's all coming to the surface thanks to the Internet, and thanks to the younger people who are saying, 'We don't like corrupt people.'
3
A. K. Antony
All my life I have fought corruption.
4
Julian Assange
The corruption in reporting starts very early. It's like the police reporting on the police.
5
Rahman Baba
This world is very good as if we do good deeds then we will get its fruits. World is bitter for those who are live their life with corruption or sins.
6
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.
7
Joe Biden
Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.
8
Cory Booker
If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not fail simply due to external threats but because of internal weakness, corruption, or a failure to manifest the values and ideals they espouse.
9
Malcolm Bradbury
Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.
10
Sherrod Brown
Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and corruption.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORRUPTION»

Discover the use of corruption in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to corruption and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Controlling Corruption
In this lively and absorbing book, Robert Klitgaard provides a framework for designing anti-corruption policies, and describes through five case studies how courageous policymakers were able to control corruption.
Robert Klitgaard, 1988
2
Waging War on Corruption: Inside the Movement Fighting the ...
Waging War on Corruption will be of interest to readers of politics and government, business, human rights, and law. Author Frank Vogl's website here.
Frank Vogl, 2012
3
Global Corruption: Money, Power and Ethics in the Modern World
Laurence Cockcroft argues that corruption has to be seen as the result of interplay between elite 'embedded networks', greed and organised crime.
Laurence Cockcroft, 2012
4
Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform
How high levels of corruption limit investment and growth can lead to ineffective government.
Susan Rose-Ackerman, 1999
5
International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption
This collection of articles offers a comprehensive assessment of the subtle but nevertheless pervasive economic infrastructure of corruption.
Susan Rose-Ackerman, 2007
6
Corruption in Africa: Causes, Consequences, and Cleanups
This book demonstrates the destructive relationship between corruption and the abrogation of economic freedoms and entrepreneurship, a system that has clearly left Africa as one of the most deprived regions in the world.
John Mukum Mbaku, 2010
7
Brotherhood of Corruption: A Cop Breaks the Silence on ...
Juarez becomes a police officer because he wants to make a difference in gang-infested neighborhoods; but, as this book reveals, he ends up a corrupt member of the most powerful gang of all--the Chicago police force.
Juan Antonio Juarez, 2004
8
Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea ...
Even in Korea, corruption was far greater than the conventional wisdom allows - so rampant was corruption that we cannot dismiss it; rather, we need to explain it."--BOOK JACKET.
David C. Kang, 2002
9
Corruption & Politics in Contemporary Mexico
This book addresses the causes, effects, and dynamics of political corruption in Mexico.
Stephen D. Morris, 1991
10
Political Corruption: Concepts and Contexts
Two-thirds of the nearly fifty articles are based either on studies especially written or translated for this volume, or on selected journal literature published in the 1990s.
Arnold J. Heidenheimer, Michael Johnston, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORRUPTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term corruption is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Serpico: New York police corruption classic shoots from hip – and …
Formed in 1970, the Knapp commission discovered widespread and deep-rooted corruption in the New York police department. This followed ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Corruption Currents: London Emerges as Drug-Money Hub
A daily roundup of corruption news from across the Web. We also provide a daily roundup of important risk & compliance stories via our daily ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Spate of mysterious deaths reignites India corruption scandal
A decade-old corruption scandal in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has erupted on to the national political stage following the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
4
Parliament passes law to confiscate property gained through …
MPs from across the political divide passed the Anti-Corruption Amendment Bill of 2013 on Tuesday. The Bill awaits the presidents assent ... «NTV Uganda, Jul 15»
5
Anti-corruption unit raids construction firm offices
The anti-corruption unit was collecting evidence for its investigation into the city of Montreal's cancelled $356-million water meter contract. «CTV News, Jul 15»
6
Union corruption inquiry: Bill Shorten 'completely disagrees' with …
Mr Shorten has taken the stand at a corruption inquiry in Sydney to answer accusations related to his time heading up the Victorian and ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
7
Arthur Porter Death Confirmed By Quebec's Anti-Corruption Unit
"Visual identification proved sufficient to formally assure us of his death," Robert Lafreniere, head of Quebec's anti-corruption unit, said in a ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
8
Eight pending cases at anti-corruption commission
The Permanent Commission against Corruption is looking into eight cases of potential corruption, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici revealed. «MaltaToday, Jul 15»
9
Story of Chinese 'princeling' shows limits of corruption campaign
This image of Zhao Jin, a connected Chinese developer who has been detained in a corruption investigation, is the only one McClatchy was ... «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Jul 15»
10
'Halo Effect' of CSR Allows Companies to Get Away with Corruption
A new study shows that companies with corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs tend to get more favorable court decisions on ... «Triple Pundit, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Corruption [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/corruption>. Apr 2024 ».
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