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TOEFL BNC: 4342 COCA: 3743

corruption

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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’.
ThursdayThor’s Day的变体。
nCOLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/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 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.
verbs
fight/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.
phrases
allegations/accusations/charges of corruption
He has strongly denied allegations of corruption.
bribery and corruption
the major crimes of bribery and corruption
Examples from the Corpus
From Longman Business Dictionary
corruptioncor·rup·tion /kəˈrʌpʃən/ noun [uncountableU]
1LAW the crime of giving or receiving money, gifts, a better job etc in exchange for doing something dishonest or illegal
He denies twelve counts of corruption.
The Chamber of Deputies voted to allow Venice magistrates to investigate corruption charges against him.
2when someone who has power or authority uses it in a dishonest or illegal way to get money or an advantage
As well as causing a breakdown in the economic system, hyper-inflation led to a spread of corruption.
cor·rup·tion nounn COLLOCATIONS1
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TOEFL BNC: 4342 COCA: 3743
corruption

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF CORRUPTION | VERB + CORRUPTION | CORRUPTION + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEendemic, massive, rampant, rife, widespread腐敗成風;嚴重的腐敗;腐敗猖獗;腐敗盛行Corruption was rife before the election.選舉之前,腐敗盛行。gross, serious嚴重的腐敗petty輕微的腐敗alleged被控的腐敗financial, moral, political財政腐敗;道德敗壞;政治腐敗high-level, official高層/官員腐敗corporate, government, police, public (NAmE) 公司的/政府的/警察的/公共部門的腐敗... OF CORRUPTIONcase一起腐敗案VERB + CORRUPTIONattack, combat, fight, tackle抨擊腐敗現象;打擊貪污腐敗;解決腐敗問題He strongly attacked corruption in the government.他猛烈抨擊政府的腐敗。This police unit was established to fight corruption.這個警察機構是為了打擊貪污腐敗而建的。eliminate, end, root out, stop消除腐敗;根除腐敗curb, stem遏制腐敗prevent防止腐敗investigate調查貪污be involved in (especially BrE) 與貪污有牽連expose, reveal揭露腐敗CORRUPTION + NOUNscandal腐敗醜聞She was brought down by a corruption scandal.她因貪污醜聞而下台。allegation, charge腐敗指控The corruption allegations proved false.有關腐敗的指控被證明是不實的。investigation, probe腐敗調查case腐敗案PREPOSITIONcorruption among⋯中的腐敗corruption among high-ranking officials高級政府官員中的腐敗corruption in⋯方面的腐敗corruption in government政府腐敗PHRASESaccusations of corruption, allegations of corruption, charges of corruption腐敗指控bribery and corruption賄賂與腐敗a culture of corruption腐敗文化 note at crime
TOEFL BNC: 4342 COCA: 3743
corruption

noun

corruption ♦︎ bribery ♦︎ extortion ♦︎ blackmailThese are all words for dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority. 这些词均表示腐败、贪污、贿赂,尤指当权者的此类行为。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配alleged corruption / bribery / extortionattempted bribery / extortion / blackmailpolitical corruption / bribery / blackmailto be involved in corruption / bribery / extortionto resort to bribery / blackmailto accuse sb of / charge sb with corruption / bribery / extortiona corruption / bribery scandalallegations of corruption / bribery corruption [uncountable] dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority (尤指当权者的)腐败,贪污,贿赂There were allegations of bribery and corruption.有一些对贿赂与贪污的指控。The new district attorney has promised to fight police corruption.新上任的地方检察官承诺要打击警察机关的贪污行为。 bribery ˈbraɪbəri [uncountable] the act of giving or taking bribes (= money or sth valuable that you give or offer to sb to persuade them to help you, especially by doing sth dishonest) 行贿;受贿;贿赂She was arrested on bribery charges.她被控以贿赂罪而遭逮捕。 see also bribe bribe NOTE 辨析 Corruption or bribery? Corruption covers a wider range of activities than bribery. Bribery is a form of corruption. * corruption所指的腐败行为范围比bribery广。bribery是corruption的一种形式。 extortion ɪkˈstɔːʃn; NAmE ɪkˈstɔːrʃn [uncountable, countable] (rather formal) the crime of making sb give you sth by threatening them, especially by threatening to use violence (尤指以暴力威胁的)敲诈,勒索,强夺He was arrested and charged with extortion.他被逮捕了,被控犯有敲诈勒索罪。 extort

verb

[transitive] The gang extorted money from over 30 local businesses.这帮歹徒向当地30多家商户勒索过钱财。
blackmail ˈblækmeɪl [uncountable] the crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell sb else a secret about them; the act of putting pressure on a person to do sth they do not want to do, for example by making threats or by making them feel guilty 勒索;敲诈;胁迫;恐吓He was convicted of blackmail at Bristol Crown Court last month.布里斯托尔刑事法院上个月判决他犯有敲诈勒索罪。We can't let them practise this emotional blackmail on us.我们不能让他们对我们施以这种情感上的胁迫。 blackmail

verb

[transitive] She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.她以在报章上公开他们的恋情要挟他很多年了。
TOEFL BNC: 4342 COCA: 3743
corruption
Cheating, dishonest and insincere behaviour: dishonesty, deceit, corruption...
Morally bad or wrong behaviour: evil, sin, wrong...
Destruction and damage: damage, destruction, harm...

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