## Meanings
1. Dishonest behaviour by people in power, such as taking bribes.
2. The process of making someone or something morally bad.
3. Damage to computer data that makes it unusable.

## Examples
- They were arrested on charges of corruption and bribery.
- The novel describes the slow corruption of an honest young man.
- A power cut caused corruption of the database files.

## Synonyms
- abasement
- adulteration
- debasement
- debauchment
- defilement
- depravation
- depravement
- impurification
- perversion
- pollution
- profanation
- rent-seeking

## Antonyms
- exaltation
- expiation
- preservation
- purgation
- purification
- rehabilitation

## Derived Forms
- anti-corruption
- anticorruption
- corruptioneer
- corruptionist
- corruptionless
- countercorruption
- incorruption
- noncorruption
- recorruption
- uncorruption

## Related Forms
- contamination
- corruptocracy
- desecration
- deterioration

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *Hrewp-
- Root: corruption
- Root: corruptiō

## Etymology
Borrowed from French corruption, from Latin corruptiō, equivalent to corrupt + -ion.

## AI Etymology
corruption was borrowed from French corruption, from Latin corruptiō, equivalent to corrupt + -ion. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-, French corruption, Latin corruptiō. Current senses include Dishonest behaviour by people in power, such as taking bribes and The process of making someone or something morally bad. English relatives and later formations include anti-corruption, anticorruption, corruptioneer, contamination, corruptocracy.

## Topics
- Technology & Computing

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