All corruption synonyms

noun corruption

• dishonesty — lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
• adulteration — an adulterating or being adulterated
• fraud — deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
• nepotism — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
• crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
• malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
• graft — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
• bribery — Bribery is the act of offering someone money or something valuable in order to persuade them to do something for you.
• atrocity — An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
• degradation — You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
• pollution — the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
• demoralization — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
• misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
• shuffle — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
• shadiness — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
• venality — the condition or quality of being venal; openness to bribery or corruption.
• racket — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
• payola — a secret or private payment in return for the promotion of a product, service, etc., through the abuse of one's position, influence, or facilities.
• squeeze — to press forcibly together; compress.
• crooked — If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
• payoff — the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc.
• unscrupulousness — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
• jobbery — the conduct of public or official business for the sake of improper private gain.
• skimming — an act or instance of skimming.
• infamy — extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act: a time that will live in infamy.
• impurity — the quality or state of being impure.
• profligacy — shameless dissoluteness.
• vice — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
• iniquity — gross injustice or wickedness.
• vulgarity — the state or quality of being vulgar: the vulgarity of his remark.
• immorality — immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness.
• turpitude — vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
• perversion — the act of perverting.
• depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
• decadence — deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
• vicious — addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
• wickedness — the quality or state of being wicked.
• degeneration — the process of degenerating
• looseness — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
• sinfulness — characterized by, guilty of, or full of sin; wicked: a sinful life.
• lubricity — oily smoothness, as of a surface; slipperiness.
• defilement — to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase.
• putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
• decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
• infection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
• distortion — an act or instance of distorting.
• putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
• debasement — Debasement is the action of reducing the value or quality of something.
• rot — to undergo decomposition; decay.
• foulness — the state or quality of being foul: The foulness of the accusation incensed us all.