corruption
US: /kɝˈəpʃən/
UK: /kəɹˈʌpʃən/
UK: /kəɹˈʌpʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
corruption /kə'rʌpʃn/
- danh từ
- sự hối lộ, sự tham nhũng
- sự mục nát, sự thối nát
- sự sửa đổi làm sai lạc (bài văn, ngôn ngữ...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] dishonest or illegal behaviour, especially of people in authority: allegations of bribery and corruption + The new district attorney has promised to fight police corruption.
2 [U] the act or effect of making sb change from moral to immoral standards of behaviour: He claimed that sex and violence on TV led to the corruption of young people.
3 [C, usually sing.] the form of a word or phrase that has become changed from its original form in some way: The word 'holiday' is a corruption of 'holy day'.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
gross, massive, serious | petty | endemic, rampant, rife, widespread
Corruption was rife before the election.
| high-level | alleged | financial, moral, political | official | government, police
QUANT.
case
VERB + CORRUPTION
attack, combat, curb, eliminate, fight, root out, stem, tackle
He strongly attacked corruption and favouritism in the government. This police unit was established to fight corruption.
| be involved in
CORRUPTION + NOUN
scandal
She was brought down by a corruption scandal.
| allegation
The corruption allegations proved false.
| investigation
PREP.
~ among
corruption among high-ranking government officials
PHRASES
accusations/allegations of corruption, bribery and corruption
CRIMES:
be guilty of, commit ~
Two key witnesses at her trial committed perjury.
accuse sb of, charge sb with ~
He has been accused of her murder.
convict sb of, find sb guilty of ~
She was found guilty of high treason.
acquit sb of ~
The engineer responsible for the collapse of the bridge was acquitted of manslaughter.
admit, confess to, deny ~
All three men have denied assault. She admitted 33 assault charges.
plead guilty/not guilty to ~
He pleaded guilty to a charge of gross indecency.
investigate (sb for) ~
She is being investigated for suspected bribery.
be suspected for/of ~
He was the least likely to be suspected of her murder.
be/come under investigation for ~
She was the second minister to come under investigation for corruption.
be wanted for ~ be wanted on charges of ~
He was wanted on charges of espionage.
solve
a case, crime, murder, robbery, theftThe police and the public must work together to solve the murder.
arrest sb for ~
Jean was arrested for arson.
be tried for, stand trial for ~
to stand trial for extortion
~ case/trial
The nurse's murder trial continues.
~ charge
The police agreed to drop the conspiracy charges against him.
a charge/count of ~
The jury convicted her on two counts of theft.
Concise English dictionary
corruptions-pʃn
noun
+lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
+in a state of progressive putrefaction
+decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
+moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
+destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
+inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
