dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery

the journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places

the process by which a word or expression is changed from its original state to one regarded as erroneous or debased

a record of a word's corruption

the term ‘hobgoblin’ is thought to be a corruption of ‘Robgoblin’

the process of decay; putrefaction

the potato turned black and rotten with corruption