English to English
noun
- lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
source: WordNet 3.0
- in a state of progressive putrefaction
source: WordNet 3.0
- decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [corrápciœn] Pagkasirà; pagkabulok; pagkapahamak
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
