corruption

corruption /kə'rʌpʃn/
  • danh từ
    • sự hối lộ, sự tham nhũng
    • sự mục nát, sự thối nát
    • sự sửa đổi làm sai lạc (bài văn, ngôn ngữ...)
 sự sai hỏng
Lĩnh vực: toán & tin
 sự làm sai lạc
 sự sai lạc
data corruption
 sai lạc dữ liệu
 sự hư hỏng
 sự thiu thối
 tham nhũng
 tham ô

Xem thêm: corruptness, putrescence, putridness, rottenness, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction, subversion



corruption

Từ điển Collocation

corruption noun

ADJ. gross, massive, serious | petty | endemic, rampant, rife, widespread Corruption was rife before the election. | high-level | alleged | financial, moral, political | official | government, police

QUANT. case

VERB + CORRUPTION attack, combat, curb, eliminate, fight, root out, stem, tackle He strongly attacked corruption and favouritism in the government. This police unit was established to fight corruption. | be involved in

CORRUPTION + NOUN scandal She was brought down by a corruption scandal. | allegation The corruption allegations proved false. | investigation

PREP. ~ among corruption among high-ranking government officials

PHRASES accusations/allegations of corruption, bribery and corruption
More information about CRIMES

CRIMES:

be guilty of, commit ~ Two key witnesses at her trial committed perjury.

accuse sb of, charge sb with ~ He has been accused of her murder.

convict sb of, find sb guilty of ~ She was found guilty of high treason.

acquit sb of ~ The engineer responsible for the collapse of the bridge was acquitted of manslaughter.

admit, confess to, deny ~ All three men have denied assault. She admitted 33 assault charges.

plead guilty/not guilty to ~ He pleaded guilty to a charge of gross indecency.

investigate (sb for) ~ She is being investigated for suspected bribery.

be suspected for/of ~ He was the least likely to be suspected of her murder.

be/come under investigation for ~ She was the second minister to come under investigation for corruption.

be wanted for ~ be wanted on charges of ~ He was wanted on charges of espionage.

solve a case, crime, murder, robbery, theft The police and the public must work together to solve the murder.

arrest sb for ~ Jean was arrested for arson.

be tried for, stand trial for ~ to stand trial for extortion

~ case/trial The nurse's murder trial continues.

~ charge The police agreed to drop the conspiracy charges against him.

a charge/count of ~ The jury convicted her on two counts of theft.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain; corruptness
  • in a state of progressive putrefaction; putrescence, putridness, rottenness
  • decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
  • moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction

    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

  • destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; subversion

    corruption of a minor

    the big city's subversion of rural innocence

  • inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)

    he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering

Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. A process wherein data in memory or on disk is unintentionally changed, with its meaning thereby altered or obliterated.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

corruptions
syn.: corruptness degeneracy depravation depravity putrefaction putrescence putridness rottenness subversion