Definitions
inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)
Word origin
Borrowed from French corruption, from Latin corruptiō, equivalent to corrupt + -ion.
Used in a sentence
“It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, […] to exite popular indignation against them.”
“They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days.”
“But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dishonest misuse of power”10 letters
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