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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cor•rup•tion /kəˈrʌpʃən/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. an act or instance of corrupting:a police department free of corruption.
  2. forcing young people to behave immorally:charged with corruption of a minor.
  3. decay:the corruption of the body after death.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cor•rup•tion  (kə rup′shən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
  2. moral perversion;
    depravity.
  3. perversion of integrity.
  4. corrupt or dishonest proceedings.
  5. bribery.
  6. debasement or alteration, as of language or a text.
  7. Linguisticsa debased form of a word.
  8. putrefactive decay;
    rottenness.
  9. any corrupting influence or agency.
  • Latin corruptiōn-, stem of corruptiō. See corrupt, -ion
  • Anglo-French)
  • Middle English corrupcio(u)n (1300–50
    2. dissolution, immorality. 8. rot, putrefaction, putrescence, foulness, pollution, contamination.
    1. –3. purity. 3. 4. honesty.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
corruption /kəˈrʌpʃən/ n
  1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt
  2. moral perversion; depravity
  3. dishonesty, esp bribery
  4. putrefaction or decay
  5. alteration, as of a manuscript
  6. an altered form of a word
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