RhymeZone: corruption definitions

Definitions of corruption:

noun: inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
Example: "He was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"
noun: destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
Example: "Corruption of a minor"
noun: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
Example: "The luxury and corruption among the upper classes"
noun: decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
noun: lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
noun: in a state of progressive putrefaction