corruptioncor‧rup‧tion /kəˈrʌpʃən/ ●●○ noun 
officials charged with bribery and corruption The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the police force.political/official corruption2[countable usually singular] technical a changed form of something, for example a word: The word ‘Thursday’ is a corruption of ‘Thor’s Day’.COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + corruptionrife (=very common)· Corruption was rife in the south of the country.endemic (=always present)· Firstly, we need to tackle the corruption that is endemic in the system.political/financial corruption· It is a country with a long history of political corruption.widespread corruption· The election campaign was marred by widespread corruption.alleged corruption (=that someone is accused of, but that is not proved)· He is about to be investigated for alleged corruption.government/police corruption· There has been plenty of evidence of police corruption.high-level corruption (=among people at a high level in society or government)· He has promised to end high-level corruption.moral corruption· Some people see television as a cause of moral corruption in young people.verbsfight/tackle corruption (=try to stop it)· He criticized the government for failing to fight corruption in high places.root out corruption (=find and stop it)· a new campaign to root out corruptionstamp out corruption (=stop it completely)· The party's chairman called for action to stamp out corruption.expose/uncover corruption (=show that it exists)· The newspaper prided itself on exposing corruption in government.phrasesallegations/accusations/charges of corruption· He has strongly denied allegations of corruption.bribery and corruption· the major crimes of bribery and corruption
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Corruption has become so widespread there that you almost can't imagine the system working without it.
- The administration has frequently been accused of corruption and abuse of power.
- The chief of police was forced to resign after allegations of corruption.
- The country's government has been accused of corruption and abuse of power.
- The play is about the gradual corruption of a scientist.
- The word Thursday is a corruption of Thor's Day.
- Enter Sister Christine, a veteran campaigner against injustice and corruption.
- It was even suggested that a moderate degree of corruption was tolerable if the economy continued to grow.
- The result: a perpetual cement famine, official rationing and enormous corruption.
- The society had become so perverted by power and corruption that honest people were considered to be stupid.
- We have a severe corruption problem in Douglas.
Longman Language Activatordishonest behaviour
dishonest behaviour: · Are you accusing me of dishonesty?· The report accuses both politicians of dishonesty and of misrepresenting the facts.
when someone who works for the government, the police etc uses their power dishonestly to get money or gain an advantage: · The chief of police was forced to resign after allegations of corruption.· The administration has frequently been accused of corruption and abuse of power.widespread corruption: · Corruption has become so widespread there that you almost can't imagine the system working without it.
when someone offers money to a politician or government official in order to persuade them to do something: · Officials said the bribery investigation would continue.· US firms are alleged to have used bribery to win contracts.· Several politicians are linked to the bribery and sex scandal.bribery and corruption: · One of Murrow's chief campaign promises was to do something about bribery and corruption.
American dishonest behaviour by politicians who accept money from companies in return for helping them: · Stevens was in court yesterday facing charges of graft and tax evasion.· A major investigation is underway to root out graft there, he said.
British business activities or ways of making money that are clever and dishonest, though not actually illegal: · We couldn't discover anything specific, but there was definitely some sharp practice going on.· His grandfather had made a fortune out of a piece of commercial sharp practice in the 19th century.
dishonest activities that are designed to gain political advantage, for example by spreading false information about your opponents: · Burrows denied that members of his election staff had been involved in dirty tricks.· The book focuses on the dirty tricks, break-ins, and illegal campaign contributions of the 1972 presidential election.dirty tricks campaign: · They had carried out a dirty tricks campaign to discredit opposition leaders.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + corruption Mr Singh has strongly denied the allegations of sexual harassment. He was found guilty of bribery and corruption (=bribery and dishonest behaviour).
1[uncountable] dishonest, illegal, or immoral behaviour, especially from someone with power: (=very common)· Corruption was rife in the south of the country.
(=always present)· Firstly, we need to tackle the corruption that is endemic in the system.
· It is a country with a long history of political corruption.
· The election campaign was marred by widespread corruption.
(=that someone is accused of, but that is not proved)· He is about to be investigated for alleged corruption.
· There has been plenty of evidence of police corruption.
(=among people at a high level in society or government)· He has promised to end high-level corruption.
· Some people see television as a cause of moral corruption in young people.
verbs (=try to stop it)· He criticized the government for failing to fight corruption in high places.
(=find and stop it)· a new campaign to root out corruption
(=stop it completely)· The party's chairman called for action to stamp out corruption.
(=show that it exists)· The newspaper prided itself on exposing corruption in government.
phrases· He has strongly denied allegations of corruption.
· the major crimes of bribery and corruption
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Mr Singh has strongly denied the allegations of sexual harassment. He was found guilty of bribery and corruption (=bribery and dishonest behaviour). (=involving illegal payments)· a major police corruption scandal
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The legacy of the Duvalierist years included endemic corruption and vast ecological damage.· The endemic corruption and absence of economic reform have scared away foreign investors.
· Arrests were also reported of members of a major network of financial corruption involving the falsification of official documents.· Post-coup inquiries revealed widespread financial corruption.· Investigations into other cases of financial corruption resulted in a series of arrests among senior industry figures.
· Polisario sources claimed that in a recent internal investigation he had been found guilty of corruption and diversion of funds.· I do not find it necessary to reach any conclusion on the question whether a local authority can be guilty of corruption.
· High unemployment, non-payment of state wages and pensions and official cronyism and corruption will all be election issues.· The latitude for administrative discretion in individual cases surely encouraged rather than checked official corruption.· However, in January the military pushed the button for an official investigation of corruption in the ministry of energy.· Integrity provides protection against partiality or deceit or other forms of official corruption, for example.· This bitter complaint and reference to lavish party practices and official corruption was to grow louder over the year.
· In 1965 Ferdinand Marcos became President and retained power thereafter through the increasing use of political corruption and coercion.· Already, voters seem to think political corruption is rampant.· The pact was ostensibly motivated by a desire to eradicate political dynasties and corruption in favour of political renovation and democratic change.· Hot or not: Good cast, good creative team; a suspense story about political corruption always seems to be topical.· The reasons they switched their allegiance included anxiety about globalisation, a rejection of political corruption and fear of immigration.· Nor has the return to political orthodoxy reduced corruption.
· In their battle against public corruption, the Progressives slapped controls on everything they could.· He had been a public corruption prosecutor, a D.C.
· Post-coup inquiries revealed widespread financial corruption.· This money helped to fuel the widespread corruption that has been so glaring under the Yeltsin regime.· The general demoralization of Soviet society during the Brezhnev period affected the militia also and by the 1980s widespread corruption was reported.· They were determined to stop the widespread corruption that had discredited government contracting.· There has been widespread corruption in the ivory trade.· He said those efforts were plagued by widespread corruption and official indifference.· Despite widespread violence and corruption, Leslie Manigat was declared the winner and was inaugurated on Feb 7.
NOUN· For the council's works committee is to consider taking disciplinary action against employees who made serious corruption allegations against senior officials.· The regional attorney general's office is investigating corruption allegations against the university's former rector that involve millions of dollars.· There will also be further reforms in the banking sector, plagued by corruption allegations.· For months the Yeltsin family has been at the centre of corruption allegations.· The mayor, Pietro Giubilo, had to quit in the face of corruption allegations involving companies linked to Communion and Liberation.
· This was the latest in a series of corruption cases involving Arizona.· Last weekend officials formally registered a corruption case against him.
· The former president's brother, Raul, is in prison on a murder conviction and corruption charges.· The seven tax fraud charges were only the first of many corruption charges expected to be filed against Marcos and her children.· Nano, imprisoned on what he insists were trumped-up corruption charges, was freed as the disorders heated up.· The Supreme Court was due to rule whether he must face impeachment proceedings on corruption charges.· It was reported that he would be tried by a military court on corruption charges and for plotting an alleged coup.· Its managing director, Enzo Papi, is awaiting trial on corruption charges.· Mr Perez was unpopular long before the current corruption charges were made.
· He says drug corruption is now so prevalent that it has tainted the assembly, the courts, and press and television.
· Another exploded at the attorney-general's office hours after Tommy Suharto had been questioned in connection with a corruption investigation.
· Regardless, Zhu's speech provided a fascinating vantage point on the corruption problem facing the Communist Party.· We have a severe corruption problem in Douglas.· Anti-corruption investigators have noted growing corruption problems in El Paso.
· A dozen of the company's senior executives have been caught up in the country's ever-widening corruption scandal.· That's why these corruption scandals deserve our attention.· The government has been plagued by repeated corruption scandals.· However, the most disturbing corruption scandals have concerned not politicians but sportsmen.· One idea is to revive a bill put forward in 1991, in the wake of a previous corruption scandal.· Air Force corruption scandal Brig. -Gen.
VERB· Blasting through the grey language that usually cloaks such matters he accuses the Fund of corruption, self-interest and deceit.· All four outgoing ministers had been accused of corruption and influence-peddling.· All the past five sheriffs of this suburban county near Atlanta have been accused of corruption or abuse of office.· He tried to impeach Mr Premadasa, accusing the president of corruption.· He also launched a bitter attack on the judiciary, accusing it of corruption.
· Then, on top of the craziness and alleged corruption, populist Bucaram last month announced an economic austerity program.
· Despite government promises of firm action, no official had to date been convicted of corruption.· Three Customs officers there have been convicted of drug-related corruption since 1994.
· His immediate focus is on eliminating high-level corruption and reducing violent crime.· If it costs far more to eliminate corruption than we save by doing so, is it worth the expense?· This measure was intended to eliminate corruption and prevent unrecoverable loans being passed on to the Central Bank.· At a stroke, this would eliminate academic corruption while benefiting the athletes.
· When the feud broke out into the open, it exposed a slew of corruption charges from both camps.· It comprehends probes into departments of the Federal Government to expose corruption, inefficiency or waste.
· The Supreme Court was due to rule whether he must face impeachment proceedings on corruption charges.· Former justice minister Tzahi Hanegbi faces indictment on corruption charges.· Generals Roh and Chun now face charges of corruption and of allegedly masterminding a 1979 coup that brought them to power.· For a start, they are likely to face charges of corruption and electoral fraud.
· He exhorted delegates to fight corruption, bureaucracy and incompetence.· He said the plans form part of a nationwide battle Fox has launched to fight corruption and crime.
· Other problems included growing unemployment, serious corruption, a shortage of water and environmental deterioration.· Anti-corruption investigators have noted growing corruption problems in El Paso.· A growing corruption scandal involving the Elf oil company claimed its highest-ranking victim to date.
· The regional attorney general's office is investigating corruption allegations against the university's former rector that involve millions of dollars.· But the councils have the power to investigate corruption and run their own radio and television stations.
· Arrests were also reported of members of a major network of financial corruption involving the falsification of official documents.· This was the latest in a series of corruption cases involving Arizona.· The mayor, Pietro Giubilo, had to quit in the face of corruption allegations involving companies linked to Communion and Liberation.· A growing corruption scandal involving the Elf oil company claimed its highest-ranking victim to date.
· Sir Robert Mark's campaign to root out corruption in the Metropolitan Police is well known.· The ruling Kuomintang is desperately in need of reform, including rooting out blatant corruption and severing gangland ties.
· It requires investment in good governance and tackling petty corruption.· Neither is Mr Kim yet ready to tackle corruption in business.· Some progress has been made since 1999 in tackling corruption and restoring order to the country's indebted economy.· On the one hand, the Socialists say they will tackle corruption by introducing a new law on party financing.· Lord Condon has made 24 recommendations on how to tackle corruption.· The former general campaigned on two policies: cracking down on crime and tackling corruption.
officials charged with bribery and corruption The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the police force.political/official corruption2[countable usually singular] technical a changed form of something, for example a word: The word ‘Thursday’ is a corruption of ‘Thor’s Day’.COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + corruptionrife (=very common)· Corruption was rife in the south of the country.endemic (=always present)· Firstly, we need to tackle the corruption that is endemic in the system.political/financial corruption· It is a country with a long history of political corruption.widespread corruption· The election campaign was marred by widespread corruption.alleged corruption (=that someone is accused of, but that is not proved)· He is about to be investigated for alleged corruption.government/police corruption· There has been plenty of evidence of police corruption.high-level corruption (=among people at a high level in society or government)· He has promised to end high-level corruption.moral corruption· Some people see television as a cause of moral corruption in young people.verbsfight/tackle corruption (=try to stop it)· He criticized the government for failing to fight corruption in high places.root out corruption (=find and stop it)· a new campaign to root out corruptionstamp out corruption (=stop it completely)· The party's chairman called for action to stamp out corruption.expose/uncover corruption (=show that it exists)· The newspaper prided itself on exposing corruption in government.phrasesallegations/accusations/charges of corruption· He has strongly denied allegations of corruption.bribery and corruption· the major crimes of bribery and corruption