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corruption

გამოთქმა: /kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n/

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Universal
  • 1dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery:the journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places
  • the action or effect of making someone or something morally depraved: the corruption of youth was a powerful motif the word ‘addict’ conjures up evil and corruption
  • 2the process by which a word or expression is changed from its original state to one regarded as erroneous or debased:a record of a word’s corruption [count noun]:the term ‘hobgoblin’ is thought to be a corruption of ‘Robgoblin’
  • the process by which a computer database or program becomes debased by alteration or the introduction of errors: this procedure creates a temporary file to prevent accidental corruption
  • 3 archaic the process of decay; putrefaction: the potato turned black and rotten with corruption

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