moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
in a state of progressive putrefaction
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
The product of corruption; putrid matter.
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.
The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language.
