corruption

[kəˈrʌpʃn]

Definition:
1. Dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority.
2. The act or effect of making someone change from moral to immoral standards of behaviour.

Use 'corruption' in a sentence:

1. People are concerned about corruption and social inequality.
2. I will hold myself aloof from wrong and corruption.
3. This would include taking action against corruption.
4. The whole thing stinks of political corruption.
5. The President faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion.
6. She claimed that an atmosphere of sleaze and corruption now surrounded the government.
7. But it is not always corruption.
8. The new law will put official corruption on the same legal footing as treason.
9. It is a country where corruption is rife.
10. Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades.
11. Mr. Bird remained unmoved by the corruption allegations.
12. Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.
13. The whole business stank of corruption.
14. The police report exonerated Lewis from all charges of corruption.
15. The president faces 54 charges of corruption and tax evasion.
16. His noisome reputation for corruption had already begun to spread.
17. Corruption corrodes public confidence in a political system.
18. The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption.
19. She was indicted on charges of corruption.
20. His speeches against corruption may find a sympathetic hearing among some Trinidadians.
21. His supporters want a clean-up of civilian corruption.
22. Distribution of food throughout the country is being hampered by inefficiency and corruption.
23. ' One thing you can never insure against is corruption among your staff. '—'Agreed.'
24. The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom.
25. The government voted to punish corruption in sport with up to four years in jail.
26. There's corruption, and we're going to get rid of it.
27. The proposals are an attempt to rid the country of political corruption.
28. We should take some comfort from the ability of the judicial system to fight back against corruption.
29. Rumours of corruption and scandal gathered pace.
30. She is awaiting trial on corruption charges.
31. The Fair Trade Commission has of late been flexing its muscles, cracking down on cases of corruption.
32. They were the principal shareholders in a bank riddled with corruption.
33. He was arrested last December, accused of corruption and misrule.
34. He claimed that sex and violence on TV led to the corruption of young people.
35. He was later indicted on corruption charges.
36. Favoritism in official access can fan public perceptions of corruption.
37. The government has pledged itself to root out corruption.
38. There would be a major drive to root out corruption.
39. There's been a wave of profiteering and corruption.
40. Here was corruption on a grand scale.
41. She was accused of corruption, of vote rigging on a massive scale.
42. The new district attorney has promised to fight police corruption.
43. Allegations of corruption were levelled at him and his family.
44. Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department.
45. The report drew a grim picture of inefficiency and corruption.
46. Corruption is endemic in the system.