corruption

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

• “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”

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

• “corruption of a minor”
• “the big city”

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

• “he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering”