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Engelsk navneord: corruption | |||
| 1. | corruption (om egenskab) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | corruptness | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | dishonesty | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | infection, jobbery, venality | ||
| Kendetegner | corrupt, incorrupt | ||
| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | incorruption, incorruptness | ||
| 2. | corruption (om tilstand) in a state of progressive putrefaction | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | putrescence, putridness, rottenness | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | putrefaction, rot | ||
| 3. | corruption (om proces) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | decay | ||
| 4. | corruption (om egenskab) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | immorality | ||
| 5. | corruption (om handling) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Corruption of a minor. The big city's subversion of rural innocence. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | subversion | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | debasement, degradation | ||
| 6. | corruption (om handling) inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony) | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He was held on charges of corruption and racketeering. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | inducement, inducing | ||
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