cor·rup·tion /kəˈrʌpʃən/ ●●○ noun 1 [uncountableU]DISHONEST dishonest, illegal, or immoral behaviour, especially from someone with power 〔尤指有权势者的〕贪污,受贿,腐败;贿赂 officials charged with bribery and corruption 被指控受贿和贪污的官员
The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the police force. 这项调查揭发出了警察机关内部普遍的腐败。
political/official corruption 政治腐败/官员腐败
2 [countableC usually singular] technicalCHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT a changed form of something, for example a word 〔词等〕变化了的形式,变体 The word ‘Thursday’ is a corruption of ‘Thor’s Day’. Thursday是Thor’s Day的变体。
n COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + corruption rife (=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 corruptionIt is a country with a long history of political corruption.
widespread corruptionThe 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 corruptionThere 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 corruptionSome 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 corruption
stamp 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 corruptionHe has strongly denied allegations of corruption.
bribery and corruptionthe major crimes of bribery and corruption