Synonyms for corruption
kəˈrʌp ʃəncor·rup·tion

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1. corruptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   ruining, destroying, deterioration, spoiling, worsening

2. corruptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   deterioration, erosion

3. corruptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   bastardization

4. corruptionnoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   depravity, impurity, evil, tainting, dirtying, contamination, soiling, adulteration, debasement, sinfulness, defilement, wickedness

5. corruptionnoun

   The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.

   Synonyms:
   deterioration, decomposition, decay, rotting, putrefaction

6. corruptionnoun

   The product of corruption; putrid matter.

   Synonyms:
   putrescence, rot, decay

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1. corruption

   Synonyms:
   decomposition, decay, putrescence, adulteration, dev, pravity, rottenness, defilement, deterioration, perversion, debasement, taint, contamination, putrefaction

   Antonyms:
   vitality, organization, purity, purification, amelioration

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1. corruptness, corruptionnoun

   lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

   Synonyms:
   depravation, subversion, rottenness, putrefaction, putridness, degeneracy, putrescence, corruptness, depravity

2. putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruptionnoun

   in a state of progressive putrefaction

   Synonyms:
   depravation, subversion, rottenness, putrefaction, putridness, degeneracy, putrescence, corruptness, depravity

3. corruptionnoun

   decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

   Synonyms:
   depravation, rottenness, subversion, putrefaction, putridness, degeneracy, putrescence, corruptness, depravity

4. corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefactionnoun

   moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

   "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

   Synonyms:
   putrescence, rottenness, rot, subversion, decadency, decadence, rotting, putrefaction, degeneracy, depravity, turpitude, putridness, depravation, decomposition, degeneration, corruptness

5. corruption, subversionnoun

   destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

   "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"

   Synonyms:
   depravation, rottenness, subversion, putrefaction, putridness, degeneracy, putrescence, corruptness, depravity, subversive activity

6. corruptionnoun

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

   "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"

   Synonyms:
   depravation, rottenness, subversion, putrefaction, putridness, degeneracy, putrescence, corruptness, depravity

Matched Categories

1. • Decay
   • Degradation
   • Dishonesty
   • Immorality
   • Inducement
   • Putrefaction

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1. corruptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   putrefaction, putrescence

2. corruptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   defilement, contamination, pollution, infection, vitiation, adulteration, debasement

3. corruptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   depravity, depravation, wickedness, demoralization, immorality, laxity, looseness of morals, want of principle

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1. corruptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   putrefaction, decay, pollution, vitiation, improbity, venality, depravity, demoralization, dishonesty, bribery, subornation

   Antonyms:
   incorruption, honesty

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1. List of paraphrases for "corruption":

   bribery, corrupt, anti-corruption, graft, anticorruption, corruptions, defilement, embezzlement, corruption-related

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1. John Iannarelli:

   When you’re conducting a public corruption investigation, if you’re looking at someone who’s working for the official but have nothing to indicate that the official is involved, you may notify the official to prevent the investigation from being compromised.

2. Jarrett Blanc:

   Anti-corruption : It runs through everything that she's talking about on both the domestic and foreign policy side, that question of corruption -- the ways that it damages our partners, destabilizes key countries abroad, damages our interests and our country -- that is a foreign policy question that needs to be acknowledged as such.

3. Kurt Volker:

   I now understand that others saw the idea of investigating possible corruption involving the Ukrainian company,' Burisma' as equivalent to investigating former Vice President Joe Biden, i saw them as very different. The former being appropriate and unremarkable, the latter being unacceptable.

4. Unknown Russian:

   Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination.

5. Alexander Herzen:

   All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former -- of the corruption of the will.