corruption

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Noun:

lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
in a state of progressive putrefaction
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles;
"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;
"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"

1. "One thing you can never insure against is corruption among your staff."—"Agreed.": “永远也防不胜防的就是员工内部的贪污腐败。”——“同意。”

3. The proposals are an attempt to rid the country of political corruption.: 这些提议试图使这个国家摆脱政治腐败。

4. Opposition leaders said that the elections had been tainted by corruption.: 反对派领导人说，选举中存在舞弊现象。

5. Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption.: 她的政府从来没有真正摆脱掉腐败的阴影。

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