1. corruption
Power brings corruption.
He has a reputation as being straight as an arrow. He'd never get involved in corruption.
He is the first national politician to be named in a widening corruption scandal.
What is most troublesome is the corruption of the best.
The Recruit scandal is a corruption scandal concerning public officials and politicians who accepted as bribes undisclosed shares from the RecruitCoscom company. The shares had been rising steadily.
The Lockheed scandal is a worldwide corruption scandal involving the major American plane manufacturer Lockheed. It came to light in February 1976 and revolved mainly around the acceptance of passenger plane contracts.
Jason, who was in charge of the project, was dismissed for corruption.
I do plainly and ingenuously confess that I am guilty of corruption, and do renounce all defense. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.
A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.
The politician pushed for reform by denouncing the corruption of the government officials.
The Cockney mode of speech, with its unpleasant twang, is a modern corruption without legitimate credentials, and is unworthy of being the speech of any person in the capital city of the Empire.
If you don't want to attend classes in the seminar on the topic "Fighting Corruption Inside the Enterprise", you can just pay 200 hryven' and receive the certificate.
to make public something bad or dishonest: The review exposed widespread corruption in the police force.
The corruption of young people is getting worse each year.
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is a videogame by Nintendo sold exclusively for the Wii.