Plural of corruption; multiple instances of dishonest or illegal behavior, or the process of making something morally wrong or impure.
Plural form of corruption, from Latin corruptio. The term has been used since Middle English to describe both the act of corrupting and the state of being corrupted, including moral, political, and physical decay.
Corruption has such a rich history in language—we use it for everything from rotten food to rotten government to computer data that's been damaged, showing how metaphorically flexible the concept is across human experience.
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