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corruption

noun
  1. inducement, such as of a public official, by improper means, such as bribery, to violate duty
    “They were held on charges of corruption and racketeering.”
  2. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty
    subversion
  3. moral perversion
    depravitydegeneracydepravationputrefaction
  4. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)
    corruptness
  5. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
  6. in a state of progressive putrefaction
    putrescencerottennessputridness