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cor•rup•tion



Pronunciation: (ku-rup'shun), [key]
—n.
1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
2. moral perversion; depravity.
3. perversion of integrity.
4. corrupt or dishonest proceedings.
5. bribery.
6. debasement or alteration, as of language or a text.
7. a debased form of a word.
8. putrefactive decay; rottenness.
9. any corrupting influence or agency.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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