corruptions

noun

inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)

destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty

moral perversion

decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

in a state of progressive putrefaction

lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)

Roots

rumporupt- · Latin · break

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