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Word: Corruption
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: via Old French from Latin corruptio(n-), from corrumpere ‘mar, bribe, destroy’ (see corrupt)
kəˈrʌpʃn
dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery
Short Definition:dishonest conduct
Examples:- the journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places
the process by which a word or expression is changed from its original state to one regarded as erroneous or debased
Short Definition:process by which word is changed
Examples:- a record of a word's corruption
- the term ‘hobgoblin’ is thought to be a corruption of ‘Robgoblin’
the process of decay; putrefaction
Short Definition:process of decay
Examples:- the potato turned black and rotten with corruption
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