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noun
1dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery:the journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places the action of making someone or something morally depraved or the state of being so:the word “addict” conjures up evil and corruption archaic decay; putrefaction:the potato turned black and rotten with corruption
2the process by which something, typically a word or expression, is changed from its original use or meaning to one that is regarded as erroneous or debased. the process of causing errors to appear in a computer program or database.
