Definitions for corruption

corruption cor·rup·tion

Spelling: [kuh-ruhp-shuh n]
IPA: /kəˈrʌp ʃən/

Corruption is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 398 anagrams from letters in corruption (cinooprrtu).

Definitions for corruption

noun

  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.

Origin of corruption

1300-50; Middle English corrupcio(u)n (Anglo-French) Latin corruptiōn-, stem of corruptiō. See corrupt, -ion

Examples for corruption

His children are shadows—their life a dance, a sickness, a corruption.

She is the author of Dirty Entanglements: corruption, Crime and Terrorism (Cambridge University Press).

The name is a Spanish corruption ofAshiwi, their own name for themselves.

The ruling also cleared Mubarak along with his sons, Alaa and Gamal, of corruption charges relating to the sale of gas to Israel.

Islamic State brought “peace, autonomy, zero corruption, low crime-rate,” he Tweeted last month.

This is a corruption of the old Norman-French word oyez, “hear ye.”

The stench of corruption is settling over world soccer like a poisonous fog, and players are paying the price.

And am I to be hurried along by this stream of corruption to infamy and oblivion!

By what I have ingenuously told you, you may see who began this corruption.

Padre Goyo, with his clerical collar and his bulletproof vest, is an icon for those fighting drugs and corruption.

Word Value for corruption
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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