Synonym: corruptness, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction, putrescence, putridness, rottenness, subversion. Similar words: correlation, interrupt, option, adoption, perception, reception, exception, assumption. Meaning: [-pʃn] n. 1. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain 2. in a state of progressive putrefaction 3. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) 4. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles 5. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity 6. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony).
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151. He advanced the cause of joyful corruption and vice.
152. There has been widespread corruption in the ivory trade.
153. Nor has the return to political orthodoxy reduced corruption.
154. There are accusations of corruption within the agency.
155. The new administration has promised a clampdown on corruption.
156. There is corruption in many places.
157. The senator has been bedeviled by allegations of corruption.
158. We have a severe corruption problem in Douglas.
159. They were angry about corruption and a collapsed economy.
160. Already, voters seem to think political corruption is rampant.
161. Post-coup inquiries revealed widespread financial corruption.
162. I do not find it necessary to reach any conclusion on the question whether a local authority can be guilty of corruption.
163. They thought that he would launch a crusade against corruption and make heads roll before ordering elections.
164. Charges of government mismanagement were compounded by reports of corruption among food wholesalers,(www.Sentencedict.com) lorry owners and trawlermen.
165. Investors were concerned that allegations of corruption against the ruling party would hurt consumer confidence and economic growth.
166. For the council's works committee is to consider taking disciplinary action against employees who made serious corruption allegations against senior officials.
167. Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase. Charles Caleb Colton
168. Regardless, Zhu's speech provided a fascinating vantage point on the corruption problem facing the Communist Party.
169. The general demoralization of Soviet society during the Brezhnev period affected the militia also and by the 1980s widespread corruption was reported.
170. The corruption scandal has claimed yet another casualty: the Finance Minister, who was forced to resign last night.
171. He also launched a bitter attack on the judiciary, accusing it of corruption.
172. It was reported that he would be tried by a military court on corruption charges and for plotting an alleged coup.
173. This is a wicked of police corruption, media con tricks and celebrity scandals.
174. He said those efforts were plagued by widespread corruption and official indifference.
175. Three Customs officers there have been convicted of drug-related corruption since 1994.
176. Books which present a fair account of corruption have a defence denied to glossy propaganda.
177. Bureaucratic bottlenecks, internal corruption and bribery topped the concerns when dealing with government.
178. Blasting through the grey language that usually cloaks such matters he accuses the Fund of corruption, self-interest and deceit.
179. The latitude for administrative discretion in individual cases surely encouraged rather than checked official corruption.
180. They would be able to read the newspapers and make their own minds up about the corruption and deception going on.
More similar words: correlation, interrupt, option, adoption, perception, reception, exception, assumption, conception, description, consumption, prescription, corporation, corridor, correctly, correspondent, corresponding to, bumptious, notion, motion, nation, action, mention, section, question, fiction, auction, edition, portion, reaction.