Meaning : Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery). Use of a position of trust for dishonest gain.
Synonyms : corruptness
Meaning : Decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation).
Meaning : Moral perversion. Impairment of virtue and moral principles.
Example :
The luxury and corruption among the upper classes.
Moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration.
Its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity.
Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction.
Synonyms : degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
Meaning : Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty. Undermining moral integrity.
Example :
Corruption of a minor.
The big city's subversion of rural innocence.
Synonyms : subversion
Meaning : Inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony).
Example :
He was held on charges of corruption and racketeering.