cor·rup·tion 
/kəˈrʌpʃən/ noun
plural cor·rup·tions /kəˈrʌpʃən/ noun 1 [noncount] : dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials or police officers)
▪ There are rumors of widespread corruption in the city government. 2 : the act of corrupting someone or something [noncount] ▪ the mafia's corruption of public officials ▪ corruption of the English language ▪ computer software that is supposed to prevent the corruption of files ▪ database corruption ▪ the corruption of a text [count] ▪ file corruptions 3 [count] : something that has been changed from its original form — usually singular ▪ The phrase “an apron” is a corruption of the original English phrase “a napron.”
▪ There are rumors of widespread corruption in the city government.
