Wordie: Corruption

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(n): the quality of being dishonest

(n): in a state of progressive putrefaction

(n): a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

(n): decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

(n): the process of gradually becoming inferior

(n): moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

(n): the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct

(n): destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

(n): changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

(n): inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)

(n): act of bringing about a desired result

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9 months ago SonofGroucho said: I thought it was George Orwell who said this

"All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834 - 1902)

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