corruption
31corruption — Dishonest or unethical behavior. Corruption is normally associated with personal gain, and its pernicious influence on organizations is of great concern to auditors. Corruption covers both *bribes and the *fraudulent manipulation of financial… …
32corruption — noun 1) political corruption Syn: dishonesty, unscrupulousness, double dealing, fraud, misconduct, bribery, venality; N.Amer. payola; informal graft, sleaze 2) his fall into corruption Syn: immorality …
33corruption*/ — [kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n] noun [U] 1) dishonest or illegal behaviour by powerful people The men were arrested on charges of corruption.[/ex] 2) the process of corrupting someone or something corruption of the database[/ex] …
34corruption — /keuh rup sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt. 2. moral perversion; depravity. 3. perversion of integrity. 4. corrupt or dishonest proceedings. 5. bribery. 6. debasement or alteration, as of language or a text. 7. a… …
35corruption — noun a) The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. It was necessary, by exposing the gross… …
36Corruption — Modern opinions on unfair practices in government and business did not always apply to earlier centuries. Venality of of fices and the giving of presents to more powerful persons (bribery) was the accepted practice. The idea that these… …
37corruption — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandonment, abjection, abomination, abuse of terms, acrostic, adulteration, alienation, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram, antiphrasis, atrocity, bad, bane, barbarism, bastardizing, befouling, befoulment,… …
38corruption — korupcija statusas Aprobuotas sritis korupcija apibrėžtis Valstybės tarnautojo ar jam prilyginto asmens tiesioginis ar netiesioginis siekimas, reikalavimas arba priėmimas turtinės ar kitokios asmeninės naudos (dovanos, paslaugos, pažado,… …
39corruption — korupcija statusas T sritis Politika apibrėžtis Politiko ar valstybės tarnautojo elgesys, kai iš viešojo sektoriaus siekiama asmeninės ar kitos naudos piktnaudžiaujant einamomis pareigomis ar atliekamomis funkcijomis. Skirstoma į administracinę… …
40corruption — corrupt ► ADJECTIVE 1) willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain. 2) evil or morally depraved. 3) (of a text or computer data) made unreliable by errors or alterations. 4) archaic rotten or putrid. ► VERB 1) make corrupt. 2) …
